NYC Valentine's Day sewage tour back by 'demand'

This undated publicity film image provided by Focus Features shows Matt Damon starring as Steve Butler in Gus Van Sant's contemporary drama, "Promised Land," a Focus Features release. (AP Photo/Focus Features, Sam Jones)
In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, the Richard P. Kane Wetland Mitigation Bank, a long barrier wall made of large baskets filled with sand and dirt, runs through the Meadowlands in Moonachie, N.J. The barrier was built primarily to control the movement of tidewaters in and out of the wetlands area and not for flood protection. But since the tidal surge from Superstorm Sandy washed over it and damaged more than 2,000 homes and other buildings, attention has turned to what can be done to prevent similar river flooding in future storms. Unfortunately, however, no one seems to own the problem. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, the battered and emptied Richard P. Kane Wetland Mitigation Bank, a long barrier wall made of large baskets filled with sand and dirt, runs through the Meadowlands in Moonachie, N.J. The barrier was built primarily to control the movement of tidewaters in and out of the wetlands area and not for flood protection. But since the tidal surge from Superstorm Sandy washed over it and damaged more than 2,000 homes and other buildings, attention has turned to what can be done to prevent similar river flooding in future storms. Unfortunately, however, no one seems to own the problem. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, broken and battered baskets from the Richard P. Kane Wetland Mitigation Bank, a long barrier wall made of large baskets filled with sand and dirt, stand in the Meadowlands in Moonachie, N.J. The barrier was built primarily to control the movement of tidewaters in and out of the wetlands area and not for flood protection. But since the tidal surge from Superstorm Sandy washed over it and damaged more than 2,000 homes and other buildings, attention has turned to what can be done to prevent similar river flooding in future storms. Unfortunately, however, no one seems to own the problem. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, the path of water that breached the Richard P. Kane Wetland Mitigation Bank, a long barrier wall made of large baskets filled with sand and dirt, is seen in the Meadowlands in Moonachie, N.J. Superstorm Sandy's devastating flooding in northern New Jersey has focused attention on a series of berms, basically earthen barriers, that failed to contain the storm's tidal surge in the Hackensack River _ and what appears to be weak oversight over any kind of flood mitigation efforts in the area. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
The National Transportation Safety Board is at the scene of Friday's train derailment in Paulsboro, N.J. that sent train cars toppling off an old railroad bridge. Two tanker cars fell into the creek below and leaked hazardous gas from one car. (Nov. 30)
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, motorist Bob Davis fills up his airport shuttle van at a natural gas pumping station in College Park, Ga. Years from now, motorists needing a fill-up might see natural gas pumps sharing space at the neighborhood filling station with ones dispensing gasoline and diesel. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, motorist Bob Davis is reflected in his airport shuttle van as he fills up at a natural gas pumping station in College Park, Ga. Years from now, motorists needing a fill-up might see natural gas pumps sharing space at the neighborhood filling station with ones dispensing gasoline and diesel. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
In this Nov. 19, 2012 photo, Waste Management driver Alan Sadler fills his truck with CNG gas at the company's filling station in Washington, Pa. Years from now, motorists needing a fill-up might see natural gas pumps sharing space at the neighborhood filling station with ones dispensing gasoline and diesel. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

This undated publicity film image provided by Focus Features shows Matt Damon starring as Steve Butler in Gus Van Sant's contemporary drama, "Promised Land," a Focus Features release. (AP Photo/Focus Features, Sam Jones)

This undated publicity film image provided by Focus Features shows Matt Damon starring as Steve Butler in Gus Van Sant's contemporary drama, "Promised Land," a Focus Features release. (AP Photo/Focus Features, Sam Jones)
In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, the Richard P. Kane Wetland Mitigation Bank, a long barrier wall made of large baskets filled with sand and dirt, runs through the Meadowlands in Moonachie, N.J. The barrier was built primarily to control the movement of tidewaters in and out of the wetlands area and not for flood protection. But since the tidal surge from Superstorm Sandy washed over it and damaged more than 2,000 homes and other buildings, attention has turned to what can be done to prevent similar river flooding in future storms. Unfortunately, however, no one seems to own the problem. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, the battered and emptied Richard P. Kane Wetland Mitigation Bank, a long barrier wall made of large baskets filled with sand and dirt, runs through the Meadowlands in Moonachie, N.J. The barrier was built primarily to control the movement of tidewaters in and out of the wetlands area and not for flood protection. But since the tidal surge from Superstorm Sandy washed over it and damaged more than 2,000 homes and other buildings, attention has turned to what can be done to prevent similar river flooding in future storms. Unfortunately, however, no one seems to own the problem. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, broken and battered baskets from the Richard P. Kane Wetland Mitigation Bank, a long barrier wall made of large baskets filled with sand and dirt, stand in the Meadowlands in Moonachie, N.J. The barrier was built primarily to control the movement of tidewaters in and out of the wetlands area and not for flood protection. But since the tidal surge from Superstorm Sandy washed over it and damaged more than 2,000 homes and other buildings, attention has turned to what can be done to prevent similar river flooding in future storms. Unfortunately, however, no one seems to own the problem. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, the path of water that breached the Richard P. Kane Wetland Mitigation Bank, a long barrier wall made of large baskets filled with sand and dirt, is seen in the Meadowlands in Moonachie, N.J. Superstorm Sandy's devastating flooding in northern New Jersey has focused attention on a series of berms, basically earthen barriers, that failed to contain the storm's tidal surge in the Hackensack River _ and what appears to be weak oversight over any kind of flood mitigation efforts in the area. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
The National Transportation Safety Board is at the scene of Friday's train derailment in Paulsboro, N.J. that sent train cars toppling off an old railroad bridge. Two tanker cars fell into the creek below and leaked hazardous gas from one car. (Nov. 30)
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, motorist Bob Davis fills up his airport shuttle van at a natural gas pumping station in College Park, Ga. Years from now, motorists needing a fill-up might see natural gas pumps sharing space at the neighborhood filling station with ones dispensing gasoline and diesel. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, motorist Bob Davis is reflected in his airport shuttle van as he fills up at a natural gas pumping station in College Park, Ga. Years from now, motorists needing a fill-up might see natural gas pumps sharing space at the neighborhood filling station with ones dispensing gasoline and diesel. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
In this Nov. 19, 2012 photo, Waste Management driver Alan Sadler fills his truck with CNG gas at the company's filling station in Washington, Pa. Years from now, motorists needing a fill-up might see natural gas pumps sharing space at the neighborhood filling station with ones dispensing gasoline and diesel. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

NYC Valentine's Day sewage tour back by 'demand'

Print Page Updated: 09:04:41 PM, Mon 11 February 2013

NEW YORK () — Lovers of the unusual are getting another chance to impress their Valentines this year in New York City.

The Department of Environmental Protection is again offering Valentine's Day tours of the Newtown Creek sewage treatment plant in Brooklyn's Greenpoint section.

The DEP says it's offering three tours this year due to "overwhelming demand."

The 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. tours were quickly filled. So another was added at 11 a.m. Thursday.

Highlights include the plant's giant egg-shaped digesters, which break down noxious waste into harmless sludge and gas.

During last year's tour, the plant's gung-ho superintendent warned the visitors a digester egg was about to emit a foul odor. It didn't disappoint.

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