If the swollen Susquehanna River looks browner than usual, that could be due to the nearly 35 million gallons of untreated waste discharged into the river by the City of Binghamton, N.Y.
A public safety alert issued by New York officials says the discharge was due to heavy rain, construction at a waste treatment plant that was at capacity, and flood conditions.
The discharge of approximately 34,976,300 gallons of waste began Monday and lasted for almost 103 hours, or more than four days, the alert says.
The discharge came from combined sewer overflow, which collects domestic sewage, industrial wastewater and storm water runoff into a common pipe that flows into a wastewater treatment facility, according to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).
Binghamton treats its waste at a joint-owned facility with the Village of Johnson City.
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disgusting at best...now it flows to other systems and they have to deal with it. similar to all the times the city of Salisbury has allowed this to happen. will it ever end???
ReplyDeleteIt flows right to the bay
ReplyDelete35,000,000 gallons wouldn't raise the Susquehanna 1/1000th of an inch.
ReplyDeleteI think you missed the point
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ReplyDeleteForgot to blame Eastern Shore farmers; will be corrected in later editions.
We the people of western MD.( with septic systems )will just need to contribute a higher Bay Restoration Fee to correct this. Suppose my friends on the eastern shore feel about the same when hearing this type of news.
ReplyDeleteHow much of what they released 35M went into the Chesapeake Bay ?
ReplyDeleteall of it eventually goes into the bay
DeleteHow much of what they released 35M went into the Chesapeake Bay ?
ReplyDeleteTrue but what is effect of nutrients and coliform count?
ReplyDeleteDoesn't that pour into the top of the Chesapeake Bay?
ReplyDeleteThey are just saying this crap becasue most of you sheep will buy it hook, line and sinker... They know you won't use your brain, or even think about this more than 10 seconds... They have failing systems, but refuse to fix or update them, but they want to keep taking your tax money and wasting it right???? Then eventually it will get so bad they have no choice but to fix, repair or build a new plant... Then they will want to raise more taxes to pay for it... You get the picture now? You get the pattern??? They let the stuff fall apart, so that you have no choice but to pay...
ReplyDeleteBut again, I told you all so, and you get what you deserve...
Part if the reason was because of construction on the plant because of upgrades, which you claim "they refuse to fix or update them." Reading comprehension, lol.
DeleteSorry folks but where's all the outrage over the City of Baltimore dumping over 300 million gallons over a five year period of time. That's right folks. 300,000,000 gallons. Look it up!
ReplyDeleteProbably 3 times that amount, just like Baltimore and Annapolis. Donate some more money to the save the bay foundation so they can blame the nitrogen levels on the farmers.
ReplyDeletehow many leaking septic's would it take to equal this one spill.
ReplyDeleteLet's all hope this poison kills a huge bunch of their Liberals!
ReplyDeleteIt's over 200 miles from Binghamton to the Maryland line. Over 22 billion gallons leave the river every day to the Chesapeake Bay. 35,000,000 gallons will be so diluted that no one will know the difference.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to believe in this day and age that stormwater pipes have not been disconnected and rerouted around WWTP's everywhere, especially with all the tax revenue New York takes in, and Baltimore as well. And, 11:50, didn't you see the Facebook of the guys pulling up all the dead and dying clams after the Conowingo dam had to be opened up from all the rains? It's not just the sewage, but clean fresh water that puts the Bay in stress. Combining the two just makes it worse.
ReplyDeleteUpstate New York State .... they must have pumped out Hillary's compound
ReplyDelete1033, I see you typing, but the words mean absolutely NOTHING. Blah blah blah...its the principle. Do something wrong (dump 35M gallons of poo into a river) OWN IT! Don't keep doing it because you can and no one will say so....or someone will just say it won't raise the river 1/1000th....
ReplyDeleteOWN the mistake and FIX it!
It is much cheaper to expand or build a wwtp than to fix all the old pipes. This is the problem Sby has. If not for stormwater infiltration the wwtp would never overflow.
ReplyDeletefunny how they don't pay attention until it ends up in the Annapolis Harbor
ReplyDeleteEqual justice would mean they have to reimburse MD Farmer / Waterman and Private citizen for the extra taxes we have to pay for their violations. As for as the amount that reaches the Bay it is still a violation and kills the top of the Bay and works it's way south. As for as the Cities of MD they should be penalized with fines and higher taxes. I should not be held responsible for others actions. Why do I have to pay for Politian's actions take away their salaries / benefits and retirements.
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ReplyDeleteSo, not only do we have to put up with the NY shit passing through our state on the highways, now we have to put up with their shit flowing into our Chesapeake Bay. Know what I like about New Yorkers? Not a damn thing!
ReplyDeleteHappens in da Ghetto 'Bury all da tyme!
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