Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Yorktown Heights SD WWTP, Jul 29, 2026

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    "notificationId": "2637661286199770",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "07/29/2026 18:08:31",
    "notificationStatus": "New",
    "facilityName": "Yorktown Heights  SD WWTP NY0026743",
    "facilityId": "NY0026743",
    "countyName": "Westchester",
    "streetNumber": "between 874-886",
    "streetName": "Salem Rd",
    "city": "Yorktown Heights",
    "addressDescription": "Salem (saddle ridge) pump station",
    "latitude": "-73.8133",
    "longitude": "41.3083",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "07/29/2026 11:00:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "07/29/2026 11:36:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "36 Minutes - Ended",
    "surfaceWater": "No",
    "receivingWaterBody": "none",
    "componentDescription": "Wet well overflow",
    "quantity": "180 Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "dischargeDescription": "untreated sewage from wet well to grass area at pump station. No other area affected.",
    "stepsToContain": "Wet well overflowed due to rain event. All equipment is functional. Cook septage hauler arrived and pumped wet well until storm inflow ended. No further discharge and the facility is in service.",
    "geoaddress": "Salem Rd, Yorktown Heights",
    "impactedArea": "Other - grass area at pump station",
    "dischargeReason": "Weather Conditions - Wet well overflow due to significant rain event",
    "systemComponent": "Pump Station - Wet well overflow",
    "region": "3",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Overland Flow",
    "sprtkImpactAreaDesc": "grass area at pump station",
    "sprtkExplanation": "Wet well overflow due to significant rain event"
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 4632,
  "_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"
  },
  "_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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    "id": "key:NY0026743|between 874 886 salem rd yorktown heights|2026-07-29T11:00Z",
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Source: Yorktown Heights SD WWTP (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2637661286199770, reported Jul 29, 2026, 2:08 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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