DEARBORN HEIGHTS CSO

Sewer utility with combined sewers · Michigan · Dearborn Heights

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.

Solid dots mark combined sewer outfalls. Grey dots are closed outfalls.

Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES): MI0051811
Wastewater outlets: 1 combined sewer outfall listed by EPA or state agencies · List
Waters listed as receiving wastewater: MIDDLE ROUGE RIVER
Tracked waters: Middle River Rouge, MI
Discharge records counted: 0 records
Total reported volume in these records: No numeric volumes are available in these tracked records.

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 2026-11-05 06:27 UTC.

Public notices and alerts

Pages where DEARBORN HEIGHTS CSO or the state publishes its notices (check them for an alert sign-up):

mienviro.michigan.gov/ncore/external/overflow/list

Its public-notice channels

Health department page · Required by law
Testing results not read

MCL 324.3112a(3): "Each time a discharge to surface waters occurs under subsection (1), the person responsible for the sewer system shall test the affected waters for E. coli to assess the risk to the public health", with the results to the county health departments and the department (up to 10 tests; the health department may waive it)
Health department page · Required by law
Health department notice not read

MCL 324.3112a(1): "the person responsible for the sewer system shall immediately, but not more than 24 hours after the discharge begins, notify the department; local health departments...; a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which a municipality notified pursuant to subsection (4) is located; and a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the discharge occurred or is occurring"
News page · Required by law
Printed notice not read

MCL 324.3112a(1): "the person responsible for the sewer system shall immediately, but not more than 24 hours after the discharge begins, notify the department; local health departments...; a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which a municipality notified pursuant to subsection (4) is located; and a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the discharge occurred or is occurring"
Operator's notice page · Required by a permit (MI0051811)
CSO public notification not read

40 CFR 122.38: a CSO permittee in the Great Lakes Basin gives the public an initial notice of a discharge as soon as possible and no later than 4 hours after becoming aware of it, a supplemental notice within 7 days after it ends and an annual notice, under the public notification plan its permit requires; NPDES permit MI0051811: public notification plan (permit text not read)

Source: DEARBORN HEIGHTS CSO's public notice and alert pages and the state's notification records; DirtyWaterWatch register of public-notice channels and its page monitor.

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Wastewater outlets

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

1 combined sewer outfall listed by EPA or state agencies.

Combined sewer outfalls

1 outfall · 1 closed

Outfall 03A · receiving water in the permit: MIDDLE ROUGE RIVER · Middle River Rouge, MI · closed · shown at the treatment plant (the outlet's own location is not published)

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) national combined sewer outfall inventory (ECHO) and state outfall layers. Open or closed as EPA's inventory lists it. DirtyWaterWatch links outlets to waters using permit numbers, locations and names.

Reports and advisories

No reports are linked to this operator yet.

Other sewer operators on these waters

Middle River Rouge, MI: City of Dearborn Heights, Wayne County Department of Public Services, Environmental Services Division (WAYNE CO/DEARBORN HEIGHTS CSO), CITY OF GARDEN CITY, CITY OF WESTLAND, LIVONIA CSO, WAYNE CO-LIVONIA CSO, WAYNE CO-LIVONIA/WESTLAND CSO, Wayne County Department of Public Services, Facilities Management Division, Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner's Office (sanitary systems), Plymouth Township

The last 90 days

Last 90 days, hour by hour. Red: discharge or advisory reported. Amber: caution. Hatched amber: end not confirmed. Plum: algal bloom advisory. Red or amber with a light line inside: beach advisory or caution. Dotted: monthly report (days with discharge, dates not given). Grey: no current status on the water outline. Purple hatching: source update overdue.

No discharge, advisory or caution periods are shown for the waters this sewer operator's reports were placed on in this time span. Check downstream stretches and source coverage.

Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using the reports named above and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-05 06:27 UTC.

Reported discharges over time

Historical charts are not available here. See the reports and sources on this page.