White Plains CitizeNetReporter - Cnty Sewage Plant Resumes Fully Treated Sewage. Ban Lifted 2.8 B Gals Later

WPCNR WATCH ON THE RIVER. From Caren Halbfinger, the Westchester County Department of Health. December 4, 2012 (EDITED): The advisory cautioning against contact with the Hudson River in Westchester was lifted today by the Westchester County Department of Health. People who use the Hudson River waters for recreational purposes, namely swimmers, boaters, kayakers and windsurfers, are free to resume direct contact with the water. The advisory had been issued as a precaution during Super Storm Sandy on Oct 29, after the Yonkers Joint Wastewater Treatment Plant was shut down to protect equipment and for the safety of employees. The plant was flooded and sustained heavy damage as a result of the storm. The plant began achieving secondary wastewater treatment on Nov. 22 and test results of the plant effluent demonstrate that the effluent limits are being met. Although the plant is fully functioning, repairs are ongoing and are expected to cost $12.65 million. (Editor's Note: The Health Department told WPCNR that from 80 million to 100 million gallons a day of partially treated sewage (screened, chlorine-treated only) was fed into the river during the 36 days the plant was undergoing repairs. WPCNR estimates about 2.8 billion to 3 billion gallons of substandard effluent (below Environmental Protection Agency approved levels) were released into the Hudson since October 29.)


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