SMITH STREET AT PERRY STREET REAL-TIME CONTROL PROJECT
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
As part of its Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) to mitigate Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO), the Buffalo Sewer Authority (BSA) installed buried control chambers around existing sewers on Bird Avenue and Lang Avenue. In the buried chambers, control gates are utilized to hold back as much flow as possible, thereby maximizing storage volume in the pipe and limiting the flow which is conveyed to and possibly overflow into Scajaquada Creek.
The Bird Avenue Sewer is a three-course, brick egg-shaped conduit, 78-inches wide at its widest point and 114-inches tall. The sewer was constructed in the late 1800s. The Bird Avenue system was originally designed to drain an extensive area within the City of Buffalo that extended over to the East Ferry-Bailey Avenue area. With the construction of the Kensington Expressway during the mid-1960s, the service area was truncated with all combined sewage east of the Expressway initially being redirected to the Scajaquada Drain, and currently to the Scajaquada Tunnel, leaving a significant amount of excess capacity in the sewer.
The location for this project was selected due to more ground cover availability than other project location alternatives.
The real-time control structure is approximately __’x__’ in dimension with _____ sluice gates, and the bottom of the structure is approximately __’ below grade. The total cost for this project was approximately $___ million; the project was completed on _________.
Project Location
What are the benefits?
THE BIRD AVE RTC PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO HAVE A STORAGE VOLUME OF 1.01 MG
THE SMITH @ PERRY RTC SYSTEM WILL PREVENT OVER __ MG OF COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS PER YEAR TO WATER BODY HERE
