Buffalo Sewer is a New York State public benefit corporation created in 1935 to “relieve the Niagara River, Buffalo River, and Lake Erie from pollution by the sewage and waste of the city and relieving city from inadequate sanitary and stormwater drainage and for the sanitary disposal or treatment of the sewage thereof.” Buffalo Sewer may accept, treat and dispose of the sewage and waste of all municipal corporations in Erie County.
THE BUFFALO SEWER SERVICE AREA
The Buffalo Sewer collection system covers 110 square miles including the City of Buffalo and parts of the towns of Alden, Cheektowaga, Elma, Lancaster, Tonawanda, and West Seneca and the Villages of Depew, Lancaster and Sloan, as well as Erie County Sewer District Numbers 1 and 4.
FAST FACTS
Currently serves over 550,000 people
Has approximately 225 employees
Has an annual operating budget is approximately $69.75 million
Undertakes over $20 million in capital projects annually
Operates on a July – June fiscal year