Treatment plant bypass reported — Bay Park STP, Aug 28, 2026

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    "notificationId": "2711259845787129",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "08/28/2026 14:03:19",
    "notificationStatus": "New",
    "facilityName": "Bay Park STP",
    "facilityId": "NY0026450",
    "countyName": "Nassau",
    "streetNumber": "2",
    "streetName": "Marjorie Lane",
    "city": "East Rockaway",
    "addressDescription": "Wastewater Treatment Plant",
    "latitude": "-73.663",
    "longitude": "40.6309",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "08/28/2026 12:45:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "08/28/2026 12:47:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "2 Minutes - Ended",
    "surfaceWater": "No",
    "receivingWaterBody": "None",
    "quantity": "2 Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "dischargeDescription": "The digester gas recirculation pump tripped out and when it was reactivated it caused the full digester to burp and loose some sludge over the sidewall, which impacted the grass area around the digester.",
    "stepsToContain": "The sludge was spilled on the grass area and was contained to the grass area adjacent to the digester.",
    "additionalInstructions": "None",
    "geoaddress": "2 Marjorie Ln, East Rockaway, NY 11518, USA",
    "impactedArea": "-",
    "dischargeReason": "Unknown - Digester #2 burped and sprayed sludge over the side wall of the digester due to gas recirculation malfunction",
    "systemComponent": "-",
    "region": "1",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Overland Flow",
    "sprtkExplanation": "Digester #2 burped and sprayed sludge over the side wall of the digester due to gas recirculation malfunction",
    "sprtkAdditionalInstructions": "None"
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 5323,
  "_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": "untreated discharge at the treatment plant (component or notice text)",
  "_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: Bay Park STP (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2711259845787129, reported Aug 28, 2026, 10:03 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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