Buffalo water, sewer & drainage 311 requests
Water, Sewer & Drainage 311 requests filed in Buffalo since June 2024.
Current release
Data through April 30, 2026
Data from June 2024 through April 30, 2026
Source data: Socrata ↗
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Total Requests
4.4K
in the water, sewer & drainage category
Latest Month
175
April 2026
Share of total
2.9%
of all Buffalo 311 requests
Median Resolution
13.0d
half of requests close faster
Monthly water, sewer & drainage requests
How many water, sewer & drainage 311 requests Buffalo residents file each month.
How this category is defined
What counts as water, sewer & drainage: Water main breaks and leaks, sewer backups, storm drain clogs, catch basin concerns, and flooding.
In Buffalo’s raw 311 data, the following 2 service_type values are counted as water, sewer & drainage:
- Buffalo Water Testing Request
- Sewer Issue
To reproduce these counts against the raw feed
SELECT count(*)
FROM <buffalo_311_raw>
WHERE service_type IN (
'Buffalo Water Testing Request',
'Sewer Issue'
)Analyst tip: Austin uses 'AW -' (Austin Water) and 'WPD -' (Watershed Protection Department) prefixes. Calgary uses 'WATS -' (Water and Sewer). NYC uses 'WATER LEAK' and 'Water System'. Baton Rouge has a broader 'ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES' that may include non-water items — cross-check against the raw feed if precision matters.
See how water, sewer & drainage is defined for every tracked city →
Source & provenance
Counts on this page are derived from Buffalo’s official open 311 data feed, covering June 2024 through April 30, 2026. Category assignment uses an AI-generated mapping from the city’s raw service types to a normalized cross-city category. View the underlying dataset at data.buffalony.gov.