Water/Wastewater
Wastewater spills into New York river
Jul 31 2009
The New York state department of environmental conservation (DEC) has confirmed that the untreated wastewater seeped into the Mettawee river after a spillage occurred at the Village of Granville's sewer plant, which processes approximately 575,000 gallons of wastewater every day.
It has not yet been established whether the incident represents a contravention of environmental legislation, but the DEC is conducting investigations into the cause of the failure at the 70-year-old plant, which has been working on improvements to its procedures since 2003.
The spillage itself was not discovered until 24 hours after it took place, CBS 6 Albany reported.
In related news, health experts met yesterday in Boston to discuss the fate of a wastewater treatment plant based in Brockton which is suspected to be emitting a greater amount of pollution than in previous years.
Written by Joseph Hutton
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