Combined sewer overflow (CSO) reported — City of Albany CSOs, Jun 30, 2026

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    "notificationId": "2593715180925436",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "06/30/2026 21:59:15",
    "notificationStatus": "New",
    "facilityName": "City of Albany CSOs",
    "facilityId": "NY0025747",
    "countyName": "Albany",
    "streetNumber": "56",
    "streetName": "Second Avenue",
    "city": "Albany",
    "latitude": "-73.7629",
    "longitude": "42.6383",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "06/30/2026 21:30:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "06/30/2026 22:30:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "1 Hours - Ended",
    "surfaceWater": "No",
    "receivingWaterBody": "none",
    "componentDescription": "Possible collapsed sewer pipe.",
    "quantity": "50 Gallons per Minute Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "stepsToContain": "Discharge stopped as soon as rain stopped. Sewer main continued to drain after rain and is flowing. Likely sewer pipe failure and partial blockage caused by heavy rain event. Sewer main will be inspected to determine failure as soon as possible. Discharge never reached water body, it re-entered the combined sewer system through catch basins down hill.",
    "geoaddress": "56 Second Ave, Albany, NY 12202, USA",
    "impactedArea": "-",
    "dischargeReason": "Pipe Break,Weather Conditions - Severe rain caused discharge to surface out of ground, likely through a broken sewer pipe.",
    "systemComponent": "Pipe,Pipe - Possible collapsed sewer pipe.",
    "region": "4",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Overland Flow",
    "sprtkExplanation": "Severe rain caused discharge to surface out of ground, likely through a broken sewer pipe."
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 4059,
  "_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": "CSO named in the notice text or the facility name",
  "_water": {
    "why_none": "the notifier says the discharge does not reach surface water"
  },
  "_volume_note": "a rate, not a volume; 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",
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Source: City of Albany CSOs (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2593715180925436, reported Jun 30, 2026, 5:59 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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