Treatment bypass reported — Bethel (T) Kauneonga Lake STP, Jul 6, 2026

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    "sprtkAirDateTime": "07/07/2026 19:07:18",
    "notificationStatus": "Update",
    "facilityName": "Bethel (T) Kauneonga Lake STP NY0099368",
    "facilityId": "NY0099368",
    "countyName": "Sullivan",
    "streetNumber": "3626",
    "streetName": "State Route 55",
    "city": "Kauneonga Lake",
    "latitude": "-74.8278",
    "longitude": "41.6883",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "07/06/2026 13:00:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "07/07/2026 18:00:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "29 Hours - Ongoing",
    "surfaceWater": "Yes",
    "receivingWaterBody": "White Lake Brook",
    "quantity": "400000 Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Partially Treated without Disinfection",
    "dischargeDescription": "Heavy, excessive rain is causing hydraulic overload to tertiary sand filters. To protect the integrity of the filters, and prevent solids washing out, bypassing the filters is necessary. Due to plant design, U.V. disinfection is also being bypassed.",
    "stepsToContain": "Continue to monitor weather conditions.",
    "geoaddress": "3626 State Rte 55, Kauneonga Lake, NY 12749, USA",
    "impactedArea": "-",
    "dischargeReason": "Weather Conditions - Due to excessive, heavy rain overnight and continuing throughout the day, bypassing of tertiary sand filters is necessary to protect integrity of filters",
    "systemComponent": "-",
    "region": "3",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Manmade",
    "sprtkExplanation": "Due to excessive, heavy rain overnight and continuing throughout the day, bypassing of tertiary sand filters is necessary to protect integrity of filters"
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 4223,
  "_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"
  },
  "_projected_end": "2026-07-07T14:00:00-04:00",
  "_projected_end_note": "NY-Alert requires an expected end time on every notice; this one is a projection, not a reported end",
  "_coords": "latitude and longitude columns swapped; a street-address geocode chosen by the notifier",
  "_event_type_basis": "partially treated discharge (treated state)",
  "_water": {
    "name_notes": [
      "'white lake' runs on into another water's name ('white lake brook'): not used"
    ]
  },
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Source: Bethel (T) Kauneonga Lake STP (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2593715181111563, reported Jul 7, 2026, 3:07 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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