10/23/2023
WT Staff
NY ROUND-UP
Watertown State of Emergency
Basic Creek Reservoir HAB reported
Here is the round up of water events and impacts in the state as of Friday October 20
Drinking Water Advisories
A water main break set off a state of emergency declaration for Watertown in the Black River watershed yesterday. State responders worked to distribute emergency water as the water main was repaired last night. Watertown Mayor explained that potable water will not be restored until next week as it takes up to 36 hours to pressurize the system, which may cause more breaks. A boil water advisory will follow the resumption of water service for up to 72 hours until testing assures the water is safe.
Middleville BWA remains in effect Friday.
Hover over the yellow location tags for more information on specific New York BWAs.
HABs update from NYDEC HABs Notifications Center
26 active blooms were posted as of Friday morning with 9 new reports added through the day, bringing to 35 the number of active HABs in NYS as of Friday night.
A widespread HAB was reported this week on Lake Superior, the third bloom of the season reported in the Sullivan County lake. Seneca Lake has two new HABs confirmed, bringing the total there to four. Skaneateles Lake has another HAB, making four in total active as of Friday.
See the HABs button to the right of the map for an alphabetical list of water bodies on the active HABs list.
Let WTNY know how HABs have impacted your summer beach plans by emailing alerts@wtny.us.
Hazardous Spills as reported to the NY Emergency Spill Hotline 1-800-457-7362
The latest spill reports released today include an oil sheen reported on Genesee River at 100 block of Exchange Boulevard in Rochester on Monday. No source or contributing factor is reported with this incident. 100 gallons of diesel is reported spilled as a result of a truck rollover on the eastbound lane of Interstate 86 outside of Randolph.
See the Spills button to the right of the map for more details on the spills reported in New York State.
Flooding and flows
As of 15:00 EDT there were no USGS gages registering flooding or flows above the 99th percentile in New York State. Flows around the state Friday are normal to above normal in the northeast and central drainage basins, normal to below normal in the southwest and northwest.
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