EMERGENCY REPAIRS UNDERWAY IN OSSINING.
(White Plains, NY) – The Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities (DEF) is working to mitigate damaged caused by a force main break on Kemeys Avenue in Ossining that is causing raw sewage to seep into the Hudson River. Currently trucks are working to capture much of the raw sewage from reaching the river.
Village and Town of Ossining officials along with residents in the area have been notified. The Department of Environmental Facilities anticipates the break will be repaired late tonight.
About 30k gallons of raw sewage is flowing into the river an hour, and the incident was discovered this morning. The force main break is about 150 feet north of the Kemeys Cove pump station and about 150 feet south of Revolutionary Road in Ossining.
Contact with the sewage should be avoided. According to the Westchester County Department of Health the volume is not enough to have a significant impact on the Hudson River.
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