Treatment bypass reported — Cedar Creek WPCP, May 14, 2026

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    "notificationId": "2507437877794500",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "05/14/2026 12:53:40",
    "notificationStatus": "New",
    "facilityName": "Cedar Creek WPCP NY0026859",
    "facilityId": "NY0026859",
    "countyName": "Nassau",
    "streetNumber": "3340",
    "streetName": "Merrick Road",
    "city": "Wantagh",
    "addressDescription": "Cedar Creek WPCP",
    "latitude": "-76.1474",
    "longitude": "43.0503",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "05/14/2026 11:05:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "05/14/2026 12:15:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "Approximately 70 minutes Minutes - Ended",
    "surfaceWater": "No",
    "receivingWaterBody": "Cedar Creek",
    "componentDescription": "Biosolids trailer",
    "quantity": "Approximately five to six gallons total Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Partially Treated without Disinfection",
    "dischargeDescription": "An \"empty\" biosolids trailer was delivered, but still contained residual biosolids that mixed with rain water. This mixture leaked from the back of the trailer.",
    "stepsToContain": "A dry absorbant was immediately applied to the spill location. once the liquid was absorbed, it was swept up and disposed of in the grit container. The area was then disinfected with sodium hypochlorite. More of the dry absorbant was added to the bottom of the biosolids trailer to ensure there would be no additional leackage possible.",
    "geoaddress": "333 E Water St, Syracuse, NY 13202, USA",
    "impactedArea": "Other - There was no impacted body of water.",
    "dischargeReason": "Weather Conditions - Empty trailer still had some residual biosolids that were then mixed with rain water and leaked out of the back of the trailer",
    "systemComponent": "Other - Biosolids trailer",
    "region": "1",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Manmade",
    "sprtkImpactAreaDesc": "There was no impacted body of water.",
    "sprtkExplanation": "Empty trailer still had some residual biosolids that were then mixed with rain water and leaked out of the back of the trailer"
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 3072,
  "_time_basis": {
    "air": "UTC in the workbook (rows aired from late May 2025); converted to America/New_York",
    "start": "UTC in the workbook (rows aired from late May 2025); converted to America/New_York",
    "end": "UTC in the workbook (rows aired from late May 2025); converted to America/New_York"
  },
  "_coords": "latitude and longitude columns swapped; a street-address geocode chosen by the notifier",
  "_event_type_basis": "partially treated discharge (treated state)",
  "_water": {
    "why_none": "the notifier says the discharge does not reach surface water"
  },
  "_volume_note": "first (New) notice: NY-Alert requires a volume and an end time up front, so this figure is the notifier's estimate or placeholder, not a measured total",
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Source: Cedar Creek WPCP (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2507437877794500, reported May 14, 2026, 8:53 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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