Since 1913, The Argus Building on Broadway has not been connected to Albany's sewer system.

"You know somebody dropped the ball at that point, and it had just gone uncovered for all these years," said Water Commissioner Joe Coffey.

Waste from the building has instead gone into a storm drain and has been spilling an estimated 6,000 gallons of sewage into the Hudson River, everyday for more than a century.

The city's water commissioner Joe Coffey says the problem was identified while rehabbing a building next door, and that the Department of Environmental Conservation was notified immediately.

Sewage infrastructure here was last updated more than 100 years ago, with the specific goal of intercepting lines leaking into the river.

"This one was missed. We actually found a plan sheet that goes back to when they were designing this in 1913, and there is an explicit note to connect that Beaver Street Sewer to this new intercept sewer, and it didn't happen," Coffey said.

The water department is now working with engineers to mitigate the problem, and expects proper connection to be established in the next two to three weeks.

"It's probably 20, 25 feet of pipe, and a couple of manholes, but it's a little complicated because of all the other utilities out there," Coffey said.

Coffey says Albany has only found a handful of similar problems, but finding this one will enable his crews to focus more on this particular area and identify any more issues that may exist.