SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK
631-447-5252
Sewage systems all over Long Island
have been experiencing catastrophic failures caused by the recent super storm
Sandy. Particularly Bay Park Sewage
Treatment Plant, which recently experienced massive failures causing sewage to be
backed up into nearby homes. This plant
has increased its workload from the average 70 million gallons of influent it
normally treats to 85 million gallons, in an attempt to relieve the faulty
system. Nassau County Executive Ed
Mangano assures that workers have been successful in diverting this mess away
from local residents. But the plant is
still experiencing significant problems, including two breached piping systems
that are allowing sewage to spew out. In
addition a county vehicle collapsed into a sinkhole and is sinking onto one of
the pipes in East Rockaway.
The county
issued a Public Health Emergency on Wednesday in response to the plant failure
caused by the storm. There is also an
order to conserve drinking water that will remain in effect for at least the
next few days. Residents south of the
Long Island Expressway, from the Queens Border to the Meadowbrook State
Parkway, are included in the water conservation order with the exception of
Cedarhurst and Lawrence. The water in
the area has been tested and determined safe to drink, the only areas impacted
by the restrictions of contamination are in Long Beach and Mill Neck. The massive failures at the Bay Park plant
encouraged the county to initiate a three-part migration plan that includes up
to 30 days of triage repairs and six to twelve months of comprehensive repair
of the entire facility.
All resources
are being exhausted in the attempt to make these communities safe and return
them to their normal states. This
process will take a lot of time and effort but it will be completed.
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