Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Metropolitan Syracuse WWTP, Jul 28, 2026

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    "notificationId": "2652607772375158",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "07/31/2026 18:10:15",
    "notificationStatus": "Close",
    "facilityName": "Metropolitan Syracuse WWTP.",
    "facilityId": "NY0027081",
    "countyName": "Onondaga",
    "streetNumber": "657",
    "streetName": "Old Liverpool Road",
    "city": "Liverpool",
    "addressDescription": "The discharge occurred to the west, behind the house, of the address.",
    "latitude": "-76.1948",
    "longitude": "43.0931",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "07/28/2026 17:30:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "07/29/2026 01:30:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "480 Minutes - Ended",
    "surfaceWater": "Yes",
    "receivingWaterBody": "Onondaga Lake",
    "quantity": "100 Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "stepsToContain": "Mobilizing a contractor to replace the lateral and clear the blockage, having the homeowner reduce water usage to minimalize the discharge.",
    "additionalInstructions": "The discharge was intermittent due to water usage.  Discharge ended at 2130 on 7/28/26, when the lateral was replaced.",
    "geoaddress": "657 County Rd 137, Liverpool, NY 13088, USA",
    "impactedArea": "Fishing Area -",
    "dischargeReason": "Blockage - A lateral in the Town of Salina became blocked causing the sanitary wastewater to exit the system through the lateral vent/clean out.  The discharge reached a drainage ditch that flows to Onondaga Lake.",
    "systemComponent": "Pipe -",
    "region": "7",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Manmade",
    "sprtkExplanation": "A lateral in the Town of Salina became blocked causing the sanitary wastewater to exit the system through the lateral vent/clean out.  The discharge reached a drainage ditch that flows to Onondaga Lake.",
    "sprtkAdditionalInstructions": "The discharge was intermittent due to water usage.  Discharge ended at 2130 on 7/28/26, when the lateral was replaced."
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 4697,
  "_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": {
    "via": "receiving water name within New York (checked against the geocode)"
  },
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        "status": "Update",
        "aired": "2026-07-29T07:33:40-04:00"
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Source: Metropolitan Syracuse WWTP (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2652607772375158, reported Jul 31, 2026, 2:10 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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