Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Design and Operational Features

Survey data from municipal wastewater treatment plants includes 29 columns detailing design and operational features such as Sludge Disposal, Design Flow, and Population Served. The dataset is maintained by data.ny.gov and was updated in April 2026. It provides a snapshot of plant infrastructure and capabilities across participating municipalities.

Use Cases

• Analyzing treatment capacity by comparing Design Flow and Population Served columns across facilities.
• Assessing sludge management practices by examining Sludge Disposal, Sludge Thickening, and Sludge Dewatering methods.
• Evaluating plant classification and regulatory compliance using SPDES Number, Plant Class, and Stream Class fields.
• Studying workforce and operational scale via the Number Employees and Year Built columns.

Strengths

• Dataset provides a detailed set of 29 specific operational and design features for each plant.
• Data is current through the most recent survey, with a recorded update in April 2026.
• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov signals its established use and importance.

Limitations

• Exact row count and total dataset size are unknown across all sources.
• Sources list identical update timestamps (April 2026 and April 2026), but one is listed as 'last updated' a day after the other, creating a minor conflict in version tracking.
• License and author information are not provided.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Survey data collected through the most recent municipal survey.

Time Range

Year Built to Year Updated fields indicate temporal coverage, but specific range is not detailed.

Freshness

2026-04-04

Geography

Coverage includes municipalities within New York State, as indicated by County column and SPDES (State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) numbers.