Treatment plant bypass reported — Grand Island (T) SD#2 WWTP, Aug 3, 2026

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    "notificationId": "2657143257929669",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "08/03/2026 16:11:54",
    "notificationStatus": "New",
    "facilityName": "Grand Island (T) SD#2 WWTP",
    "facilityId": "NY0027693",
    "countyName": "Erie",
    "streetNumber": "3500",
    "streetName": "Baseline Road",
    "city": "Grand Island",
    "addressDescription": "Town of Grand Island WWTP",
    "latitude": "-78.9679",
    "longitude": "43.057",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "08/03/2026 15:30:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "08/03/2026 15:35:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "Approximately 5 minutes Minutes - Ended",
    "surfaceWater": "No",
    "receivingWaterBody": "Discharge did not enter waterways.",
    "componentDescription": "Haul truck hose failure.",
    "quantity": "Approximately 1,000 gallons Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "dischargeDescription": "Secondary digested sludge at less than 2% solids.",
    "stepsToContain": "Spill socks deployed, spill was redirected to in-plant sanitary sewer manholes to reenter the system for treatment.",
    "geoaddress": "3500 Baseline Rd, Grand Island, NY 14072, USA",
    "impactedArea": "- Treatment plant parking lot.",
    "dischargeReason": "Unknown - Haul truck hose failed allowing secondary digested sludge to spill onto the parking lot. Spill socks were deployed to protect storm sewer receivers, discharge redirected to the in-plant sewer.",
    "systemComponent": "Other - Haul truck hose failure.",
    "region": "9",
    "sprtkDischargeWaterFlow": "Overland Flow",
    "sprtkImpactAreaDesc": "Treatment plant parking lot.",
    "sprtkExplanation": "Haul truck hose failed allowing secondary digested sludge to spill onto the parking lot. Spill socks were deployed to protect storm sewer receivers, discharge redirected to the in-plant sewer."
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 4866,
  "_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 at the treatment plant (component or notice text)",
  "_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: Grand Island (T) SD#2 WWTP (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2657143257929669, reported Aug 3, 2026, 12:11 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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