Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Waterford (T) WWTP, Jul 29, 2026

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    "sprtkAirDateTime": "07/30/2026 04:06:28",
    "notificationStatus": "Update",
    "facilityName": "Waterford (T) WWTP NY0029173",
    "facilityId": "NY0029173",
    "countyName": "Saratoga",
    "streetNumber": "41",
    "streetName": "mohawk ave",
    "city": "Waterford",
    "addressDescription": "treatment plant",
    "latitude": "-73.6853",
    "longitude": "42.7882",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "07/29/2026 13:35:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "07/30/2026 04:01:51",
    "dischargeDuration": "14.5 Hours - Ended",
    "surfaceWater": "Yes",
    "receivingWaterBody": "Mohawk river/Hudson river",
    "componentDescription": "catchbasin",
    "quantity": "50 gallons a minute Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "dischargeDescription": "stormwater and untreated sewage",
    "stepsToContain": "Utilized our stormwater overflow tanks until they met capacity and then pumped the tanks off to the aeration tanks to help move the water through the plant and stop the overflow",
    "additionalInstructions": "townofwaterford.gov",
    "geoaddress": "41 Mohawk Ave, Waterford, NY 12188, USA",
    "impactedArea": "Unknown - Mohawk river Hudson River",
    "dischargeReason": "Weather Conditions - extremely heavy rains on 7/28 continuing currently on 7/29 overwhelmed the treatment plant",
    "systemComponent": "Pipe - catchbasin",
    "region": "5",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Manmade",
    "sprtkImpactAreaDesc": "Mohawk river Hudson River",
    "sprtkExplanation": "extremely heavy rains on 7/28 continuing currently on 7/29 overwhelmed the treatment plant",
    "sprtkWebsiteUrl": "townofwaterford.gov"
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 4647,
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    "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": {
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  },
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Source: Waterford (T) WWTP (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2637867444636798, reported Jul 30, 2026, 12:06 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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