NEW YORK (AP) – Four manmade waterfalls in New York City’s East River will have their hours of operation cut in half after the art installation was blamed for damaging waterfront plantings.

Beginning Monday, the four falls will operate 49½ hours a week, instead of 101, officials in charge of the project announced Saturday.

Critics have complained that salty mist from the waterfalls was destroying shrubs, trees and plants on the Brooklyn Promenade.

The Brooklyn Heights Association had asked the city to dismantle the installation after Labor Day, instead of on Oct. 13.

as scheduled. Messages left for the association Saturday weren’t immediately returned.