Combined sewer overflow (CSO) reported — Frank E. Van Lare WWTF, Mar 31, 2026

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    "notificationId": "2431124899126159",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "04/01/2026 02:21:07",
    "notificationStatus": "New",
    "facilityName": "Frank E. Van Lare WWTF NY0028339",
    "facilityId": "NY0028339",
    "countyName": "Monroe",
    "streetNumber": "2221",
    "streetName": "St Paul Street",
    "city": "Rochester",
    "latitude": "-77.6189",
    "longitude": "43.1982",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "04/01/2026 01:06:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "04/01/2026 02:04:38",
    "dischargeDuration": "1 Hours - Ongoing",
    "surfaceWater": "Yes",
    "receivingWaterBody": "Genesee River",
    "componentDescription": "Discharge occurred at a designed and permitted CSOAP overflow structure.",
    "quantity": "20,593,000 Gallons Actual",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "dischargeDescription": "The CSOAP System received 2.35 inches of rain in less than 24 hours.  The water filled the system until the level reached the top of the weir where baffles are installed to keep floatable solids within the system.",
    "stepsToContain": "Rainfall exceeded the capacity of the CSOAP System.",
    "geoaddress": "2221 St Paul St, Rochester, NY 14621, USA",
    "impactedArea": "Unknown -",
    "dischargeReason": "Weather Conditions - Multiple waves of heavy rainfall hit the collection system area wide.  The rainfall exceeded the designed capacity of the tunnel system.",
    "systemComponent": "CSO Outfall - Discharge occurred at a designed and permitted CSOAP overflow structure.",
    "region": "8",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Manmade",
    "sprtkExplanation": "Multiple waves of heavy rainfall hit the collection system area wide.  The rainfall exceeded the designed capacity of the tunnel system."
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 1764,
  "_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": "2026-03-31T22:04:38-04:00",
  "_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": "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:NY0028339|2221 st paul street rochester|2026-04-01T01:06Z",
    "basis": "facility + address + start",
    "position": 1,
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}

Source: Frank E. Van Lare WWTF (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2431124899126159, reported Mar 31, 2026, 10:21 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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