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City of Wakefield

Sewer utility with combined sewers · Michigan · Wakefield

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. Ringed dots mark treatment plant outfalls. Grey dots are closed outfalls.

Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES)
MI0021440
Wastewater outlets
1 combined sewer outfall and 2 treatment plant outfalls listed by EPA or state agencies · List
Waters listed as receiving wastewater
Planter Creek
Tracked waters
Planter Creek, MI
Discharge records counted
65 records · latest
Total reported volume in these records
175,302,161 gallons across the 56 records that give a volume (9 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 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC.

Public notices and alerts

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

Its public-notice channels

Source: City of Wakefield'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 and 2 treatment plant outfalls listed by EPA or state agencies.

Combined sewer outfalls

1 outfall · 1 closed

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.

Treatment plant outfalls

2 outfalls

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permit records (ICIS-NPDES permitted features): where a treatment plant’s permitted discharge leaves. No national source says whether a plant outfall is open or closed.

Reports and advisories

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. Combined sewer overflow (CSO): sewage mixed with rainwater spills from a shared sewer system.

Reports linked to City of Wakefield, newest first
WhenReportStatus
to Apr 13, 1:50 AMWater not mapped · Cemetery Lift Station - ditch line · SSO · 70,000 gallons report · noticeended
to Apr 13, 11:00 AMPlanter Creek · Main Lift station - Storm sewer · SSO · 392,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 9:55 AMWater not mapped · Plymouth Lift Station - ditch · SSO · 8,242 gallons report · noticeended
to May 6 ’23, 1:00 PMPlanter Creek · City of Wakefield WWSL - Culvert for discharge into planter creek · Bypass · 5.58 million gallons report · notice · mapended
to Apr 21 ’23, 12:30 PMPlanter Creek · Main Lift - Storm Drain Putnam ST · SSO · 6.48 million gallons report · notice · mapended
to Apr 12 ’23, 9:30 PMWater not mapped · Plymouth Lift - Ditch Line North side Old US 2 · SSO · 88,000 gallons report · noticeended
to Apr 13 ’23, 12:45 AMWater not mapped · Cemetery Lift - Ditch Line North Nunnemacher · SSO · 621,000 gallons report · noticeended
to Apr 13 ’23, 1:30 PMPlanter Creek · Main Lift - Storm Drain Putnam ST · SSO · 3.71 million gallons report · notice · mapended
to Apr 11 ’23, 12:30 AMWater not mapped · /cemetery lift - ditch line nummemacher north side · SSO · 180,000 gallons report · noticeended
to 9:30 PMWater not mapped · plymouth lift - ditch line north side old us 2 · SSO · 28,000 gallons report · noticeended
to Apr 11 ’23, 12:30 AMPlanter Creek · main lift - storm drain on putman st · SSO · 336,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
Planter Creek · Planter Creek - Creek located in a rural area, with no residences in the near vacinity. · Bypass · 161,280 gallons report · notice · mapended
Planter Creek · Report · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to 12:30 PMWater not mapped · Cemetery Lift Station - Rural location with steep ditch line. · SSO · 90,000 gallons report · noticeended
to 10:26 AMPlanter Creek · Main List Station - Storm Water System (Sunday Lake Bypass) · SSO · 300,069 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 11:00 PM“Marsh by Cemetary L.S.” · Marsh - marsh land · SSO · 150,000 gallons report · noticeended
to 11:06 PMPlanter Creek · Main lift station - 48 inch storm drain · SSO · 651,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Apr 8 ’19, 4:00 AM“Sunday Lake” · ditch to Sunday Lake - ditch to sunday lake · SSO · 324,000 gallons report · noticeended
to 7:30 PM“Black River” · Plymouth - plymouth ditch · SSO · 54,000 gallons report · noticeended
to 11:00 PM“little black river which flows into sunday lake” · Little Black River - march · SSO · 126,000 gallons report · noticeended
to 2:50 PMPlanter Creek · wet well · SSO · 360,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Jun 14 ’14, 8:00 AMPlanter Creek · 001 lagoon overflow event · SSO · 65 million gallons report · notice · mapended
to May 12 ’14, 12:00 PMPlanter Creek · 001 lagoon overflow event · SSO · 4.86 million gallons report · notice · mapended
to May 1 ’13, 8:00 AMPlanter Creek · 002 · CSO · 7.04 million gallons report · notice · mapended
to Apr 23 ’12, 12:00 PMPlanter Creek · 002 · CSO · 1.71 million gallons report · notice · mapended

Sources: EGLE MiEnviro CSO/SSO List, retrieved 2026-11-05 01:07 UTC. A report's record id and times show when you hover or focus its "report" link.

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All reports in Michigan by year: 2026 (3 from City of Wakefield) · 2023 (8 from City of Wakefield) · 2022 (4 from City of Wakefield) · 2019 (5 from City of Wakefield) · 2018 (1 from City of Wakefield) · 2014 (2 from City of Wakefield) · 2013 (1 from City of Wakefield) · 2012 (2 from City of Wakefield) · 2011 (11 from City of Wakefield) · 2010 (17 from City of Wakefield) · 2008 (4 from City of Wakefield) · 2007 (3 from City of Wakefield) · 2002 (1 from City of Wakefield) · 2001 (3 from City of Wakefield)

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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. 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 01:25 UTC.

Reported discharges over time

  • Discharges reported by City of Wakefield, last 12 months3December 2025 to November 2026Verified reports where available, else notices; revisions and duplicates counted once.
  • Days with a discharge reported by City of Wakefield, last 12 months3December 2025 to November 2026A day counts once however many discharges were under way on it.
  • Hours with a discharge or advisory status from City of Wakefield's reports, last 12 months17December 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 (City of Wakefield)0.0%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.

Blended discharge: wastewater that skipped some treatment is mixed with treated wastewater.

Reported discharges per month

15 reported discharges, January 2022 to November 2026.

  • Combined sewer overflow
  • Sanitary sewer overflow
  • Treatment bypass, blended or other

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2022 to November 4, 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

7 discharge reports have no end time and are not marked ongoing; under DirtyWaterWatch rules they show caution, not a discharge or advisory status, and add no hours here. 1 discharge reported to last more than 31 days is counted as 31 days. Official beach and cyanobacteria (harmful blue-green algae) advisories are counted on water pages only.

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 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.

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported discharges per year, 2001 to 2026

65 reported discharges, 2001 to 2026.

  • Combined sewer overflow
  • Sanitary sewer overflow
  • Treatment bypass, blended or other

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported volume per year

Gallons (axis: K thousand, M million), summed from the 56 reports that gave a volume as a number (9 did not).

9 of 65 discharge reports gave no volume as a number; only numbers are summed.

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 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

7 discharge reports have no end time and are not marked ongoing; under DirtyWaterWatch rules they show caution, not a discharge or advisory status, and add no hours here. 1 discharge reported to last more than 31 days is counted as 31 days. Official beach and cyanobacteria (harmful blue-green algae) advisories are counted on water pages only.

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 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

7 discharge reports have no end time and are not marked ongoing; under DirtyWaterWatch rules they show caution, not a discharge or advisory status, and add no hours here. 1 discharge reported to last more than 31 days is counted as 31 days. Official beach and cyanobacteria (harmful blue-green algae) advisories are counted on water pages only.

Source: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 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: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 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: mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list. Records cover January 1, 2001 to November 4, 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.

  • mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list: records from January 1, 2001 to the latest update