Register for the July 12th Virtual (Zoom) Public Participation Forum | 10:00am – 12:00pm

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12 Jul

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Buffalo Sewer is planning $1B in sewer projects over the next 15 years to reduce wet weather discharges of sewage and to improve our community.

Learn more about these planned projects throughout the City of Buffalo and your council district, and learn how to get involved in the Queen City Clean Waters (QCCW) Initiative.

QCCW Homepage

Agenda:

Overview of Buffalo Sewer and Queen City Clean Waters
Question & Answer (Q&A) session
Community Engagement approach and opportunities
Walkthrough of the new Queen City Clean Waters interactive website https://buffaloqccw.org/
Final Q&A and closeout
Comments and Q&A are welcome throughout the session, using the chat feature.
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ABOUT

The Buffalo Sewer Authority protects public health and our Great Lakes waterways from water pollution. To do this, we capture dirty water, treat and clean it so that it can be safely returned to our rivers and lakes.

Our job is to maintain and improve the infrastructure, innovation, and efficiency of our water resources to ensure the quality of life throughout Western New York.

HOW WE MEASURE SUCCESS

1789 Homes Heated
We generate 191,328 MCF of natural gas each year – enough to heat 1,789 homes annually.
185 Olympic Pools
We clean an average of 120,000,000 gallons of water each day – enough to fill 185 Olympic swimming pools of 660,430 gallons each.
540 Football Fields
We use green approaches to manage runoff from 700 acres of urban land – or the area of 540 football fields.
36 Years of Excellence
We have received certificates of achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association – 36 years in a row.

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We want to hear from you

If your concern is an emergency or needs immediate attention please call:

(716) 851-4664 Option 1

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File a Report with 311

Other inquiries can be made to:

(716) 851-4664

Monday- Friday 8:30 AM- 3:30 PM

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Real-Time Sewer
Overflow Status

The Buffalo Sewer Authority has developed the below interactive map to serve as a notification system to alert the public of the occurrence of combined sewer overflow (CSO) events. Click on a location for additional details.

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Weather Forecast

The probability of CSO discharges increases during wet weather.

BUFFALO WEATHER

Buffalo Sewer has developed this notification system to alert the public of the occurrence of combined sewer overflow (CSO) events. During wet weather, stormwater enters the sewer system, combining with wastewater, often leading to permitted CSO discharges. These discharges are the result of the historical design of the system to prevent basement flooding. Buffalo Sewer is working to eliminate the effects of CSO’s on our Great Lakes waterways. As our efforts to address CSO’s continue, we want to make sure to notify the users of our waterways about the pollution concerns. As many other conditions affect the water quality of our waterways, we urge users to use care during recreation. Please be advised that the information displayed in this map is based on a computer model and may not represent real-time activity. Buffalo Sewer continues to update the model to better reflect actual conditions.