Treatment plant bypass reported — Oswego (C) West Side WWTF, Mar 31, 2026

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  "row": {
    "notificationId": "2431124899117938",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "03/31/2026 17:16:59",
    "notificationStatus": "New",
    "facilityName": "Oswego (C) West Side WWTF NY0029106",
    "facilityId": "NY0029106",
    "countyName": "Oswego",
    "streetNumber": "2",
    "streetName": "First Avenue",
    "city": "Oswego",
    "addressDescription": "Westside WWTP Main Facility",
    "latitude": "-76.5281",
    "longitude": "43.4557",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "03/31/2026 11:00:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "03/31/2026 18:00:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "7 Hours - Ongoing",
    "surfaceWater": "Yes",
    "receivingWaterBody": "Gardinier Creek",
    "componentDescription": "2 Underground 72\" Concrete Lines which convey Creek Water through the Wastewater Plant property.",
    "quantity": "20,000 Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "dischargeDescription": "Combined Sanitary/Stormwater",
    "stepsToContain": "Maximum Flow being received into Headworks.",
    "geoaddress": "2 1st Ave, Oswego, NY 13126, USA",
    "impactedArea": "Fishing Area - Creek & North Shore of Lake Ontario Harbor",
    "dischargeReason": "System Capacity - Maximum Flow being received into the Treatment Plant. Since the Plant cannot receive any additional flow, the flow is backing up into the Sanitary Sewer and flowing to Stormwater catch basins.  Primary Tank Channel overflowing to Stormwater Basin, as well.",
    "systemComponent": "Other - 2 Underground 72\" Concrete Lines which convey Creek Water through the Wastewater Plant property.",
    "region": "7",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Overland Flow",
    "sprtkImpactAreaDesc": "Creek & North Shore of Lake Ontario Harbor",
    "sprtkExplanation": "Maximum Flow being received into the Treatment Plant. Since the Plant cannot receive any additional flow, the flow is backing up into the Sanitary Sewer and flowing to Stormwater catch basins.  Primary Tank Channel overflowing to Stormwater Basin, as well."
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 1688,
  "_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": "2026-03-31T14:00:00-04:00",
  "_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": "untreated discharge at the treatment plant (component or notice text)",
  "_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:NY0029106|2 first avenue oswego|2026-03-31T11:00Z",
    "basis": "facility + address + start",
    "position": 1,
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    "head": "ny-dec-sprtk:2431124899117938",
    "latest": "ny-dec-sprtk:2436588097551103"
  }
}

Source: Oswego (C) West Side WWTF (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2431124899117938, reported Mar 31, 2026, 1:16 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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