Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Metropolitan Syracuse WWTP, Aug 27, 2026

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    "notificationId": "2709404419974182",
    "sprtkAirDateTime": "08/28/2026 17:17:16",
    "notificationStatus": "Close",
    "facilityName": "Metropolitan Syracuse WWTP",
    "facilityId": "NY0027081",
    "countyName": "Onondaga",
    "streetNumber": "603",
    "streetName": "Old Liverpool Rd",
    "city": "Liverpool",
    "addressDescription": "Off the East side of Onondaga lake parkway around 800' south of the CSX bridge.",
    "latitude": "-76.1916",
    "longitude": "43.0886",
    "sprtkStartDischargeDatetime": "08/27/2026 12:45:00",
    "sprtkEndDischargeDatetime": "08/27/2026 16:45:00",
    "dischargeDuration": "240 Minutes - Ended",
    "surfaceWater": "No",
    "receivingWaterBody": "None",
    "quantity": "1,000 Gallons Estimated",
    "treatedState": "Untreated",
    "stepsToContain": "Upon hitting the pipe, the contractor immediately built up a retention area with the excavated dirt. A pump was used to pump the flow from the pit adjacent to WEP MH444091, into a nearby trunk sewer manhole MH25245. WEP turned off the pumps at the Liverpool pump station to halt flow through the force main. \n\nPipe repair completed at 12:45. All wastewater was contained within the excavation trench and pumped into the adjacent sewer.",
    "geoaddress": "603 Old Liverpool Rd, Liverpool, NY 13088, USA",
    "impactedArea": "-",
    "dischargeReason": "Pipe Break - A contractor working for Onondaga County dug into the Liverpool force main while digging an access point for lining.",
    "systemComponent": "Pipe -",
    "region": "7",
    "sprtkExplanation": "A contractor working for Onondaga County dug into the Liverpool force main while digging an access point for lining."
  },
  "_tab": "January 2026-August2026",
  "_row": 5331,
  "_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"
  },
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        "status": "Update",
        "aired": "2026-08-27T13:58:29-04:00"
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Source: Metropolitan Syracuse WWTP (NY DEC Sewage Pollution Right to Know), record 2709404419974182, reported Aug 28, 2026, 1:17 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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