Intercepting debris at Maltbie Street

Onondaga Creek has been the receiving stream for many of the overflows of Syracuse's sewers. As such, it has received a relatively large volume of trash and floating debris.

A wastewater pump station at the corner of Maltbie and Evans streets in Syracuse was altered to make it capable of removing floating material.

An in-line netting device was installed. Now, floatables are removed from CSO discharges.

This project was the first floatables control facility that Onondaga County built under its current strategy. It has been keeping the water cleaner since May 1999.