Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Whitehall (V) WWTP, Jul 29, 2026

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    "sprtkAirDateTime": "07/29/2026 13:14:05",
    "notificationStatus": "New",
    "facilityName": "Whitehall (V) WWTP",
    "facilityId": "NY0024929",
    "countyName": "Washington",
    "streetNumber": "161 Main Street",
    "streetName": "161 Main Street",
    "city": "Whitehall",
    "addressDescription": "Behind Firehouse",
    "latitude": "-73.4026",
    "longitude": "43.5543",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "07/29/2026 12:40:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "07/30/2026 12:40:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "24 Hours Hours - Ongoing",
    "surfaceWater": "Yes",
    "receivingWaterBody": "Champlain Canal",
    "componentDescription": "Pumps cant keep up",
    "quantity": "unknown Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "dischargeDescription": "Flows are so high because we have gotten 2'' of rain in last 24 hours pumps can not keep up.",
    "stepsToContain": "Wait until rain stops.",
    "geoaddress": "161 Main St, Whitehall, NY 12887, USA",
    "impactedArea": "Unknown,Unknown - Surface water",
    "dischargeReason": "Weather Conditions,Weather Conditions - Pumps can not keep up with the amount of rain from last 24 hours",
    "systemComponent": "Manhole,Pump Station - Pumps cant keep up",
    "region": "5",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Overland Flow",
    "sprtkImpactAreaDesc": "Surface water",
    "sprtkExplanation": "Pumps can not keep up with the amount of rain from last 24 hours"
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 4598,
  "_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": "2026-07-30T08:40:00-04:00",
  "_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 from a collection-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",
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Source: Whitehall (V) WWTP (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2637592566717353, reported Jul 29, 2026, 9:14 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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