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Town of Hancock

Sewer utility · Maryland · Hancock

Map sources: water outlines and launches from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License); wastewater outlets from EPA and state records; downstream estimates by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey maps and flow data. Base map: OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.

No outlet locations are in our records for this operator. Square boat markers mark boat launches listed by OpenBoatLaunch.

Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES)
MD0024562
Wastewater outlets
None with locations in our records
Waters listed as receiving wastewater
Little Tonoloway Creek; Potomac River; C&O Canal
Tracked waters
Tonoloway Creek, MD, Potomac River, MD, chesapeake-and-ohio-canal-md, Little Tonoloway Creek, MD
Discharge records counted
25 records · latest
Total reported volume in these records
105,475 gallons across the 23 records that give a volume (2 without one)

These totals reflect the records we track. Missing volumes and gaps in reporting limit comparisons between operators.

Sources: EPA ECHO and the operator and state sources linked below. Counts use the discharge records on this page. Updated 2026-11-03 08:50 UTC.

Public notices and alerts

Pages where Town of Hancock or the state publishes its notices (check them for an alert sign-up):

Source: Town of Hancock's public notice and alert pages and the state's notification records.

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Wastewater outlets

Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

Reports and advisories

Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater.

Reports linked to Town of Hancock, newest first
WhenReportStatus
to 7:45 AMPotomac River · 4 Fleming Court · SSO · 500 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 3:00 PM“Ground” · 216 Limestone Road · SSO · 1,000 gallons report · noticeended
to 9:10 AM“Tributary of Tonoway, nothing reached stream. Grass” · 1 Fleming Drive · SSO · 100 gallons report · noticeended
to 8:15 AMPotomac River · Flaming Court · SSO · 600 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 11:15 AMPotomac River · 4 Fleming Ct · SSO · 200 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 4:15 PMPotomac River · 280 Pennsylvania Avenue · SSO · 1,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 2:00 PMLittle Tonoloway Creek · 552 Bridge on Main Street · SSO · 4,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 9:30 PMTonoloway Creek · Hess Rd · SSO · 60,125 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 3:00 PM“None.” · 4 Fleming Court · SSO · 100 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 6:00 PM“Unnamed tributary that flows to the Patapsco River.” · 22 Fleming Court · SSO · 200 gallons report · notice · mapended
to May 15 ’25, 6:00 AMPotomac River · East Main Street, Route #40 · SSO · 10,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to May 15 ’25, 8:00 AMPotomac River · Route 40 · SSO · 15,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 11:00 PM“No name feeder stream that leads to Potomac” · PA Avenue Pump Station · SSO · 1,000 gallons report · noticeended
to May 14 ’25, 6:00 AMLittle Tonoloway Creek · Subway Pump Station · SSO · 5,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 5:00 PM“N/A” · Smith Circle · SSO · 25 gallons report · noticeended
to 1:30 PMPotomac River · Virginia Avenue · SSO · 3,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 1:00 PM“SSO did not reach "waters of the State"” · Fleming Drive · SSO · 75 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Apr 4 ’24, 3:00 AM“Little Tonoway” · West Main St. · SSO · 1,400 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 9:00 AMLittle Tonoloway Creek · West Main Street · SSO · 500 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 10:00 AMPotomac River · 53 East Main Street · SSO · 1,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 4:00 PMPotomac River · Route 40 & Center Street · SSO · 50 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 3:30 AMLittle Tonoloway Creek · 179 West Main Street · SSO · 500 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 4:15 PMLittle Tonoloway Creek · 229 West Main Street · SSO · 100 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 6:00 PMLittle Tonoloway Creek · Pump Station @ Fleming Trailer Court, Pennsylvania Ave. · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Mar 4 ’23, 3:30 AMLittle Tonoloway Creek, Potomac River · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended

Sources: MDE Reported Sewer Overflows (New for 2023), Maryland Open Data Portal (Socrata stgj-u72u), retrieved 2026-11-03 08:17 UTC. A report's record id and times show when you hover or focus its "report" link.

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All reports in Maryland by year: 2026 (6 from Town of Hancock) · 2025 (9 from Town of Hancock) · 2024 (7 from Town of Hancock) · 2023 (3 from Town of Hancock)

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The last 90 days

Last 90 days, hour by hour. Red: discharge or advisory reported. Amber: caution. Hatched amber: end not confirmed. Grey: no current status on the water outline. Purple hatching: source update overdue.
  • Caution: to
    1 report: Potomac River 1
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    The records are also in the report table on this page.

  • Discharge or advisory reported: to
    1 report: Potomac River 1
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    The records are also in the report table on this page.

Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using the reports named above and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-03 08:50 UTC.

Reported discharges over time

  • Discharges reported by Town of Hancock, last 12 months7December 2025 to November 2026Verified reports where available, else notices; revisions and duplicates counted once.
  • Days with a discharge reported by Town of Hancock, last 12 months6December 2025 to November 2026A day counts once however many discharges were under way on it. Verified reports where available, else notices; revisions and duplicates counted once.
  • Hours with a discharge or advisory status from Town of Hancock's reports, last 12 months22December 2025 to November 2026Red hours by the map's rules: each discharge to its reported end plus the state's post-discharge period; overlapping hours count once.
  • 2026 season with a discharge or advisory status (Town of Hancock)0.2%May to October 2026Share of May 1 to October 31 hours with red status by the map's rules, of the hours a source covered.

Combined sewer overflow (CSO): sewage mixed with rainwater spills from a shared sewer system. Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater. Treatment bypass: wastewater skips one or more treatment steps. Blended discharge: wastewater that skipped some treatment is mixed with treated wastewater. Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

Reported discharges per month

25 reported discharges, January 2022 to November 2026.

  • Combined sewer overflow
  • Sanitary sewer overflow
  • Treatment bypass, blended or other
  • No tracked source for this period
  • Incomplete source coverage
No tracked source

No tracked source covers January 2022 to December 2022.

Source: md-mde-overflows. Records cover January 4, 2023 to November 3, 2026.

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Hours with a discharge or advisory status per month

Hours when a water had a discharge or advisory status from this sewer operator's reports, under DirtyWaterWatch rules.

  • Discharge or advisory reported
  • No tracked source for this period
  • Incomplete source coverage
No tracked source

No tracked source covers January 2022 to December 2022. Official beach and cyanobacteria (harmful blue-green algae) advisories are counted on water pages only.

Source: md-mde-overflows. Records cover January 4, 2023 to November 3, 2026.

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Days with a reported discharge per month

A day counts when any counted discharge was under way on it, from its start to its reported end in Eastern Time; a report with no end counts its start day.

  • No tracked source for this period
  • Incomplete source coverage
No tracked source

No tracked source covers January 2022 to December 2022.

Source: md-mde-overflows. Records cover January 4, 2023 to November 3, 2026.

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Reported volume per year

Gallons (axis: K thousand, M million), summed from the 23 reports that gave a volume as a number (2 did not).

  • Incomplete source coverage
Limited records

2 of 25 discharge reports gave no volume as a number; only numbers are summed.

Source: md-mde-overflows. Records cover January 4, 2023 to November 3, 2026.

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Hours with a discharge or advisory status per year

Hours with a discharge or advisory status each year under DirtyWaterWatch rules; 2026 to date.

  • Discharge or advisory reported
  • Incomplete source coverage
Limited records

Official beach and cyanobacteria (harmful blue-green algae) advisories are counted on water pages only.

Source: md-mde-overflows. Records cover January 4, 2023 to November 3, 2026.

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Share of the May to October season with a discharge or advisory status

Share of the hours from May 1 to October 31 with a discharge or advisory status under DirtyWaterWatch rules.

  • Discharge or advisory reported

Official beach and cyanobacteria (harmful blue-green algae) advisories are counted on water pages only.

Source: md-mde-overflows. Records cover January 4, 2023 to November 3, 2026.

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Reported discharges by calendar month, all years

Every counted discharge report, by the calendar month it began.

Months are summed over every year a tracked source covers; the table gives the number of years behind each month.

Source: md-mde-overflows. Records cover January 4, 2023 to November 3, 2026.

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Reported discharges by wastewater outlet

Wastewater outlets with the most tracked discharge records: 10 of 23, all years. Counts depend on reporting coverage and do not measure legal compliance or harm.

Source: md-mde-overflows. Records cover January 4, 2023 to November 3, 2026.

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How these charts are counted

We count each discharge once. Where a source publishes notices and confirmed reports, we use confirmed reports for an operator's month when available; otherwise we use notices. We combine revisions and exclude duplicate state reports copied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Monthly and yearly totals appear separately. Status hours follow this site's rules. Shaded gaps mean missing coverage, not zero discharges.

  • md-mde-overflows: records from January 4, 2023 to the latest update