Combined sewer overflow (CSO) reported — Niagara Falls (C) WWTP, Nov 15, 2025

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    "notificationId": "2247918774167033",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "11/16/2025 00:06:24",
    "notificationStatus": "New",
    "facilityName": "Niagara Falls (C) WWTP",
    "facilityId": "NY0026336",
    "countyName": "Niagara",
    "streetNumber": "1099",
    "streetName": "Whirlpool St",
    "city": "niagara falls",
    "addressDescription": "Pump Station with 2 access points. 1. Sewage rd. 2. Whirlpool st. and Ashland ave.",
    "latitude": "-79.0585",
    "longitude": "43.0992",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "11/15/2025 21:45:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "11/16/2025 21:45:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "ongoing Hours - Ongoing",
    "surfaceWater": "Yes",
    "receivingWaterBody": "Lower Niagara River",
    "componentDescription": "3 pumps in pump station with 2 overflow channels and CSO",
    "quantity": "4,000,000 Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "dischargeDescription": "Rain water/runoff - Raw Sewage - Sediment",
    "stepsToContain": "NFWB WWTP has a wet weather plan in place and it is in effect",
    "additionalInstructions": "Initial report is a number estimated by our Operators calculated by Weather report and flow coming into the facility from the collections system and thier gorge pump station. If event last longer than 24hrs the incident report will be updated. The final numbers for the incident report is a more accuate estimation calculated by differtent sensors and components that the facility has to do just that.",
    "geoaddress": "611 Ashland Ave, Niagara Falls, NY 14301, USA",
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    "systemComponent": "CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,CSO Outfall,Other,Other,Other,Other,Other,Other,Other,Other,Other,Other,Other,Other,Other,Other,Other,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station,Pump Station - 3 pumps in pump station with 2 overflow channels and CSO",
    "region": "9",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Manmade",
    "sprtkImpactAreaDesc": "Lower Niagara River - Peace Bridge Area",
    "sprtkExplanation": "Wet Weather / Melt - Rain / Snow Melt",
    "sprtkAdditionalInstructions": "Initial report is a number estimated by our Operators calculated by Weather report and flow coming into the facility from the collections system and thier gorge pump station. If event last longer than 24hrs the incident report will be updated. The final numbers for the incident report is a more accuate estimation calculated by differtent sensors and components that the facility has to do just that."
  },
  "_tab": "December 2025",
  "_row": 200,
  "_time_basis": {
    "air": "UTC in the workbook (rows aired from late May 2025); converted to America/New_York",
    "start": "UTC in the workbook (rows aired from late May 2025); converted to America/New_York",
    "end": "UTC in the workbook (rows aired from late May 2025); converted to America/New_York"
  },
  "_projected_end": "2025-11-16T16:45:00-05:00",
  "_projected_end_note": "NY-Alert requires an expected end time on every notice; this one is a projection, not a reported end",
  "_coords": "latitude and longitude columns swapped; a street-address geocode chosen by the notifier",
  "_event_type_basis": "a CSO outfall named in the system component",
  "_water": {
    "via": "receiving water name within New York (checked against the geocode)"
  },
  "_volume_note": "first (New) notice: NY-Alert requires a volume and an end time up front, so this figure is the notifier's estimate or placeholder, not a measured total",
  "_chain": {
    "id": "key:NY0026336|1099 whirlpool st niagara falls|2025-11-15T21:45Z",
    "basis": "facility + address + start",
    "position": 1,
    "of": 2,
    "head": "ny-dec-sprtk:2247918774167033",
    "latest": "ny-dec-sprtk:2243864324914448"
  }
}

Source: Niagara Falls (C) WWTP (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2247918774167033, reported Nov 15, 2025, 7:06 PM EST, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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