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Erie County Division of Sewerage Management
Our mission is to provide cost effective, customer oriented, environmentally conscious wastewater service that protects public health and enhances our natural environment.
Please visit the "Contact Us" page for a listing of district phone numbers.
The Erie County Sewer Districts are special service districts created pursuant to state and local law.
They have been created to provide sewer services to communities within their respective boundaries, as specified by contracts between each district and the local jurisdictions served. Sewer districts are responsible for the construction, operation and maintenance of collector and interceptor storm and sanitary sewer systems, and wastewater treatment facilities.
The Sewer Districts are governed by Boards of Managers appointed by the County Executive.
The Sewer Districts are self-supporting entities with the power to assess appropriate service fees and levy local sewer taxes. Their annual revenues, which are sufficient to cover all operating costs and capital debt service, are derived from a combination of flat rate charges, parcel charges, footage charges, user charges and sewer charges based on the assessed value of real property and other property and usage characteristics.
Capital construction is eligible for both federal and state aid when available; however, only low interest loans are presently available. The Sewer Districts have received 34 low interest loans totaling $60 million as part of a multi-million dollar construction program.
This District serves the southern portion of the Town of Cheektowaga and the northern portion of the Town of West Seneca.
Infrastructure includes a network of pumping stations, interceptor and collector sewers which transport sanitary sewage for treatment by the Buffalo Sewer Authority.
This District serves portions of the Towns of Brant, Evans, Eden, Farnham, Hamburg and North Collins, including the Villages of Angola and North Collins. Out-of-District agreements also provide service to the Lotus Bay Area Sewer Districts, and Evangola State Park. The District operates and maintains a network of pumping stations, collector and interceptor sewers which convey flow into the District's own sewage treatment facility at the mouth of Big Sister Creek near Lake Erie. The Sewage Treatment Facility is staffed and operates 24 hours/day.
Sewer District No. 3 serves the Towns of Hamburg, Boston, Orchard Park, Eden and the Mt. Vernon, Locksley Park, Wanakah, Amsdell Heights and Cloverbank areas in the Town of Hamburg, Woodlawn and Sewer District No. 3. Sewer District No. 3 also includes portions of the Town of West Seneca and the Town of Holland.
Sewer District No. 3 also operates and maintains three modern sewage treatment facilities in the Town of Hamburg, the Town of Holland and the Village of Blasdell for treatment of the sewage from those communities as well as portions of the Town of Hamburg tributary to the Village of Blasdell's system.
Additionally, Sewer District No. 3 operates and maintains a network of pumping stations and interceptor sewers which transport sewage to its modern treatment facility on Lake Erie.
This District serves the Villages of Depew and Lancaster and portions of the Town of Lancaster. Infrastructure includes a network of pumping stations, collector and interceptor sewers which transport sanitary sewage for treatment at the Buffalo Sewer Authority. By contract, the District also services the Alden Town Sewer Districts.
This District serves the Transit Road area of the Towns of Amherst and Clarence, in addition to adjacent residential areas and Clarence Center. Infrastructure includes a network of sanitary sewers which transport sanitary sewage to the Town of Amherst for treatment at the town's treatment facility. This District also operates one small sewage treatment plant and services various Town of Clarence Sewer Districts by contract.
This District serves the City of Lackawanna and several out-of-district areas by contractual agreement. It operates and maintains the network of sanitary and storm sewers in the City of Lackawanna as well as a sewage treatment facility. The Sewage Treatment Facility is staffed and operates 24 hours/day.
This District serves the Village of East Aurora and portions of the Town of Aurora. Infrastructure includes collector sewers, pumping stations and an advanced wastewater treatment facility.
The Division provides management staff related to the administration, planning, financing, management, operation, design and construction of the sewer facilities. Engineering duties include: facilities planning, design, information technology, community outreach and education, supervision of construction, inspection, approval of contractor payments, applying for the financing of new projects, accounting, and handling of construction claims. The Division also supervises the daily operation of the seven Erie County Sewer Districts. Sewerage Management is funded through interfund and interdepartmental revenues from various sewer districts and capital projects which, in turn, receive state and federal construction grants and loans.
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