Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Metropolitan Syracuse WWTP, Jun 18, 2026

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    "notificationId": "2580074364788210",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "06/23/2026 12:37:20",
    "notificationStatus": "Close",
    "facilityName": "Metropolitan Syracuse WWTP",
    "facilityId": "NY0027081",
    "countyName": "Onondaga",
    "streetNumber": "4461",
    "streetName": "Onondaga Blvd",
    "city": "Syracuse",
    "addressDescription": "Discharge is staying in the grass behind the address.",
    "latitude": "-76.2042",
    "longitude": "43.0303",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "06/18/2026 11:53:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "06/18/2026 15:45:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "232 Minutes - Ended",
    "surfaceWater": "No",
    "receivingWaterBody": "NONE",
    "quantity": "5,800 & 38,512 Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "stepsToContain": "WEP crews are on site to high pressure jet the sewer and clear the blockage. Lime was applied around the manholes to neutralize the remaining wastewater before it soaked into the ground.",
    "additionalInstructions": "Blockage was cleared 6/18 at 11:45.  The cause of the blockage was roots.  Follow up cleaning and CCTV inspection to be performed.",
    "geoaddress": "1371 Grand Ave, Syracuse, NY 13219, USA",
    "impactedArea": "-",
    "dischargeReason": "Blockage,Root Intrusion - A town of Onondaga sanitary sewer became blocked and caused a backup that is overflowing out of two separate upstream manholes(WEP Assets #40239 & 24001).",
    "systemComponent": "Manhole,Manhole -",
    "region": "7",
    "sprtkExplanation": "A town of Onondaga sanitary sewer became blocked and caused a backup that is overflowing out of two separate upstream manholes(WEP Assets #40239 & 24001).",
    "sprtkAdditionalInstructions": "Blockage was cleared 6/18 at 11:45.  The cause of the blockage was roots.  Follow up cleaning and CCTV inspection to be performed."
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 3945,
  "_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"
  },
  "_coords": "latitude and longitude columns swapped; a street-address geocode chosen by the notifier",
  "_event_type_basis": "untreated discharge from a collection-system component",
  "_water": {
    "why_none": "the notifier says the discharge does not reach surface water"
  },
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        "status": "Update",
        "aired": "2026-06-18T11:54:26-04:00"
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Source: Metropolitan Syracuse WWTP (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2580074364788210, reported Jun 23, 2026, 8:37 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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