Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Tonawanda (C) Sanitary Sewers, Jun 14, 2026

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    "notificationId": "2616942364003297",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "07/10/2026 18:45:00",
    "notificationStatus": "New",
    "facilityName": "Tonawanda (C) Sanitary Sewers",
    "facilityId": "NYS900015",
    "countyName": "Erie",
    "streetNumber": "481",
    "streetName": "Fletcher Street",
    "city": "Tonawanda",
    "addressDescription": "SSO No. 018",
    "latitude": "-78.8914",
    "longitude": "43.012",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "06/14/2026 18:45:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "06/14/2026 18:50:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "5 Minutes - Ended",
    "surfaceWater": "No",
    "receivingWaterBody": "Niagara River",
    "quantity": "20.4 Gallons Actual",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "stepsToContain": "The City of Tonawanda is under a phased program to rehabilitate the sanitary sewer collection system to reduce inflow and infiltration.",
    "geoaddress": "481 Fletcher St, Tonawanda, NY 14150, USA",
    "impactedArea": "-",
    "dischargeReason": "System Capacity,Weather Conditions - Inflow and infiltration entering the sanitary sewer collection system during a wet weather event.",
    "systemComponent": "-",
    "region": "9",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Manmade",
    "sprtkExplanation": "Inflow and infiltration entering the sanitary sewer collection system during a wet weather event."
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 4246,
  "_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; the notifier is a sewer system (facility name)",
  "_water": {
    "why_none": "the notifier says the discharge does not reach surface water"
  },
  "_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",
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Source: Tonawanda (C) Sanitary Sewers (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2616942364003297, reported Jul 10, 2026, 2:45 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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