Moderate rain, melting snow means more raw sewage in local waterways

 
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Tens of millions of gallons of partially and untreated sewage is now making its way to Lake Erie.
As News4 covered in a special report earlier this month, sewage overflows are part of the landscape in municipalities throughout the country — and Western New York is no different.
New York state law requires wastewater treatment plants to report to the Department of Environmental Conservation each time there’s an overflow.
Western New York is among th