Raw sewage leaking into Lake Harmony
'Every flush, every shower just overflows and fills it into the back of the building,' homeowner Victoria Mann said.
An unknown amount of raw sewage is leaking into a lagoon that connects to Lake Harmony in the Poconos.
In a notice obtained by 28/22 News, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued a violation to Split Rock Resort in May for pollution and unpermitted discharge at three pump stations around the resort, including the lagoon.
The leak violates section 201 of Pennsylvania's Clean Streams Law, which states, 'No person or municipality shall place or permit to be placed, or discharge or permit to flow, or continue to discharge or permit to flow, into any of the waters of the commonwealth any sewage, except as hereinafter provided in this act.'
Victoria Mann is a homeowner in the area and is deeply concerned.
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'Even though I don't physically live in the Split Rock community, their wildlife is our wildlife. Their ground is our ground. Water, the sewage could possibly be going into aquifer, could be getting into a stream, could be being sent anywhere. It just doesn't seem fair to have it happen to our beautiful community that we all love here,' said Mann.
Mann says she just wants the pumps fixed, and if they aren't fixed, the building should be shut down until they are.
'There was an excessive amount of raw sewage that was pouring into the area behind the pump. We just want to have some kind of future moving forward and some security from Split Rock, knowing that this will not continue to happen,' said Mann.
28/22 News reached out to Split Rock Resort for comment on this sewage leak, but have not heard back.
28/22 News also reached out to the Department of Environmental Protection and Kidder Township for comment, but did not hear back.
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