BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — One billion dollars will be spent in efforts to “significantly” improve the quality of the water in the Niagara River, according to an agreement announced Friday between the Buffalo Sewer Authority, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Attorney General’s Office.
The agreement comes just days after the Buffalo Sewer Authority was sued after the state alleged that nearly three million gallons of “untreated sewage and runoff” were being discharged annually.
Under the new agreement, the city’s long-term control plan, initially planned in 2014 in an effort to reduce discharges, is being revised to include several infrastructure projects that will be done over a span of 15 years. The DEC alleged that Buffalo Sewer failed to meet the standards set over a decade ago to reduce discharges…