LEWES, Del. - There has been another upset at the Lewes wastewater treatment plant.

For the second time in roughly two weeks, the facility was forced to bypass stages of treatment and discharge partially treated waste water into the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. The bypass lasted two hours, according to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control.

The bypass previously lasted for 10 days until new equipment was installed and pressure behind that new equipment caused Thursday's malfunction, according to DNREC.

The agency says there are new protocols to ensure it does not happen again and is now classifying the previous bypass as an environmental violation.

DNREC is monitoring the plant daily as tidewater works towards maintaining consistent treatment to effluent without further malfunctions.