NYWEA Legislative Alert to All Members

Some concerns regarding proposed Assembly bill (A11019).
The bill amends the Environmental Conservation Law to enact a sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) act.
Our concerns are as follows:

  • The timetable is unrealistic and unattainable.

  • There is no funding provided.

  • Satellite collection systems would fall under the authority of the treatment agency.

  • Reporting requirements are unrealistic and maybe unattainable.

  • Every community would be forced to conduct a Capacity Management Operations and Maintenance (CMOM) immediately.

  • SSO is defined so broadly that even communities that don’t have them could be included.

We urge all of our members to to review the bill at http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A11019&sh=t.
Further, alert your legislator about this bill.

Read NYWEA's formal comments on the bill.