A state alert recently revealed that a cheese-clogged pipe led to the discharge of untreated water from the Gloversville Johnstown (New York) Joint Wastewater Treatment facility into Cayadutta Creek.
The incident, which occurred at 9:13 a.m., caused an estimated 1,300 gallons of dairy washwater to be released over a 17-minute period, with 95% soaking into the ground and the remaining 5% entering the stormwater system.Officials shut down the pipeline and assured that the discharge, which contained milk and animal waste, was "nonhazardous" to the public and easily dilutable.Body Found in Waste Tank at West Virginia Water Treatment PlantOfficials in Martinsburg, West
