Report not fully read reported — Metropolitan Syracuse WWTP, Aug 15, 2026

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    "notificationId": "2684218731796391",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "08/18/2026 18:24:18",
    "notificationStatus": "Close",
    "facilityName": "Metropolitan Syracuse WWTP",
    "facilityId": "NY0027081",
    "countyName": "Onondaga",
    "streetNumber": "Mile 7",
    "streetName": "I-81",
    "city": "Syracuse",
    "addressDescription": "North bound lanes of I-81 just south of Exit 8-Mattydale.",
    "latitude": "-76.1572",
    "longitude": "43.0996",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "08/15/2026 08:00:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "08/15/2026 16:00:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "480 Minutes - Ended",
    "surfaceWater": "No",
    "receivingWaterBody": "None",
    "quantity": "2000 Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "stepsToContain": "WEP staff were called to the site to assess the situation.  NYSDEC staff were also on scene of the spill.  WEP is mobilizing combination cleaners to the scene to clean up the spilled sludge.\n\nSite fully cleaned at 12:00.",
    "geoaddress": "I-81, Syracuse, NY 13212, USA",
    "impactedArea": "-",
    "dischargeReason": "Unknown - A WEP tanker hauling partially dewatered sludge rolled over on Route 81 causing some of the loaded sludge to spill out of the truck onto the highway. The spilled sludge is contained within the roadway.",
    "systemComponent": "-",
    "region": "7",
    "sprtkExplanation": "A WEP tanker hauling partially dewatered sludge rolled over on Route 81 causing some of the loaded sludge to spill out of the truck onto the highway. The spilled sludge is contained within the roadway."
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 5115,
  "_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": "the notice does not say what kind of discharge this is",
  "_water": {
    "why_none": "the notifier says the discharge does not reach surface water"
  },
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Source: Metropolitan Syracuse WWTP (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2684218731796391, reported Aug 18, 2026, 2:24 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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