Report on black discharge by NFWB indicates human error to blame for incident

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Niagara Falls Water Board released a statement Friday night on the events that occurred up to the release of black discharge into the lower Niagara River last weekend.
According to the press release, the Niagara Falls Water Board had decided July 25 along with the New York Power Authority and Wendel engineers to take sedimentation basin #5 out of service in order to allow a contractor to enter and start installing a baffling system at the basin. The water i