news release
ANDREW J. SPANO, Westchester County Executive  JOSHUA LIPSMAN, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner of Health SUSAN TOLCHIN, Director of Communications

 

CONTACT:                                                                                                   

SUSAN TOLCHIN                                                                            (914) 285-2935

MARY LANDRIGAN                                                                      (914) 637-4715

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                        August 25, 2000

 

SEWAGE DISCHARGE

The Westchester County Department of Health was notified today that the Westchester County Department of Environmental Facility’s Blind Brook Waste Water Treatment Plant exceeded their permit for settleable solids on Thursday, August 24,2000 between the hours of 8am and 3pm.  An average of 1.7mg/l for settleable solids during this time frame was calculated; this exceeds the permitted amount 0.3 mg/l.

 

One of the two secondary settling tanks was offline at the time of the permit violation for a scheduled repair.  The repair is now complete and the tank is in the process of being put back into service.

 

This is a Level I release.  There is no public health impact anticipated from this discharge.

 

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