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City of Lumberton

Sewer utility · North Carolina · Lumberton

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.

Ringed dots mark treatment plant outfalls. Small hollow diamonds mark places named in its overflow reports (provisional). Square boat markers mark boat launches listed by OpenBoatLaunch.

Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES)
NC0024571, WQCS00024
Wastewater outlets
2 treatment plant outfalls listed by EPA or state agencies; 31 places named in its own overflow reports (provisional locations) · List
Waters listed as receiving wastewater
LUMBER RIVER
Tracked waters
Lumber River, NC, Meadow Branch, NC, Cotton Mill Branch, NC, Saddletree Swamp, NC, Gum Branch Canal, NC
Discharge records counted
54 records · latest
Total reported volume in these records
2,694,700 gallons across the 54 records that give a volume

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

We do not list an alert service for this operator yet. Check its website.

Its public-notice channels

Source: City of Lumberton'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.

2 treatment plant outfalls listed by EPA or state agencies; 31 places named in its own overflow reports (provisional locations).

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.

Places named in overflow reports (provisional)

31 places · 2 not on the map (reports say the sewage reached no water)

Provisional location from overflow reports. Where the operator's own reports put an overflow: a manhole, pump station or plant. Not an outfall listed in a permit.

  • Reported place · 14 overflow reports, latest Aug 27, 2026 · confidence high · no water record yet
  • Reported place · 6 overflow reports, latest Aug 27, 2026 · confidence high · no water record yet
  • Reported place · 4 overflow reports, latest Jul 11, 2025 · confidence high · no water record yet
  • Reported place · 2 overflow reports, latest Aug 14, 2024 · confidence high · no water record yet
  • Reported place · 2 overflow reports, latest May 16, 2024 · confidence high · no water record yet
  • Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Oct 14, 2026 · confidence medium · no water record yet · not on the map: its reports say the sewage did not reach a water
  • Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Jul 6, 2025 · confidence medium · no water record yet
  • Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Aug 15, 2024 · confidence medium · no water record yet
  • Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Aug 14, 2024 · confidence medium · no water record yet
  • Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Aug 14, 2024 · confidence medium · no water record yet
  • Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Aug 14, 2024 · confidence medium · no water record yet
  • Reported place · 1 overflow report, latest Aug 14, 2024 · confidence medium · no water record yet

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Source: the operator's own overflow reports to the state. DirtyWaterWatch groups reports within 50 metres into one place and finds the water below it with U.S. Geological Survey river maps (NLDI, NHDPlus). Not a permitted outfall; provisional until an official outfall record exists.

Reports and advisories

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

Reports linked to City of Lumberton, newest first
WhenReportStatus
to 6:00 PMWater not mapped · 3527 East Elizabethtown Road, Lumberton · SSO · 2,500 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 10:00 PMLumber River · 716 Riverside Drive, Lumberton, North Carolina, 28358 · SSO · 15,000 gallons in all mapended
Meadow Branch · 33rd and Rowland · SSO · 300 gallons report · notice · mapended
Meadow Branch · intersection of 33rd and rowland · SSO · 7,800 gallons report · notice · mapended
Lumber River · 515 noir street · SSO · 92,250 gallons report · notice · mapended
Meadow Branch · 2310 gavintown road · SSO · 500 gallons report · notice · mapended
Lumber River · 716 riverside drive · SSO · 10,500 gallons report · notice · mapended
Lumber River · 515 Noir st · SSO · 800 gallons report · notice · mapended
Lumber River · 515 Noir St · SSO · 800 gallons report · notice · mapended
Lumber River · 515 Noir St · SSO · 10,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
Lumber River · SSO · 800 gallons report · notice · mapended
Lumber River · 515 Noir St manhole · SSO · 10,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
Lumber River · SSO · 1.22 million gallons report · notice · mapended
Meadow Branch · SSO · 49,800 gallons report · notice · mapended
Lumber River · SSO · 367,425 gallons in all mapended
Cotton Mill Branch · SSO · 161,400 gallons in all mapended
Saddletree Swamp · SSO · 7,200 gallons report · notice · mapended
Lumber River · SSO · 24,900 gallons report · notice · mapended
Gum Branch Canal · SSO · 79,350 gallons in all mapended

Sources: NC DEQ DWR "SSOs and Bypasses" ArcGIS layer, retrieved 2026-11-05 01:08 UTC; NC DWR Sanitary Sewer Overflows September 2022 through December 2025 (ArcGIS), retrieved 2026-11-04 06:57 UTC. A report's record id and times show when you hover or focus its "report" link.

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All reports in North Carolina by year: 2026 (3 from City of Lumberton) · 2025 (8 from City of Lumberton) · 2024 (38 from City of Lumberton) · 2023 (3 from City of Lumberton) · 2022 (2 from City of Lumberton)

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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.
  • Caution: to
    2 reports: Lumber River 2
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    The records are also in the report table on this page.

  • Discharge or advisory reported: to
    2 reports: Lumber River 2
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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 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC.

Reported discharges over time

  • Discharges reported by City of Lumberton, 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 Lumberton, last 12 months2December 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 Lumberton's reports, last 12 months12December 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 Lumberton)0.3%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. Treatment bypass: wastewater skips one or more treatment steps. Blended discharge: wastewater that skipped some treatment is mixed with treated wastewater.

Reported discharges per month

54 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 covers January 2022 to August 2022.

Sources: nc-dwr-sso-2022-2025; nc-dwr-sso-2026. Records cover September 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
  • No tracked source for this period
  • Incomplete source coverage

No tracked source covers January 2022 to August 2022. 51 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. Official beach and cyanobacteria (harmful blue-green algae) advisories are counted on water pages only.

Sources: nc-dwr-sso-2022-2025; nc-dwr-sso-2026. Records cover September 1, 2022 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.

  • No tracked source for this period
  • Incomplete source coverage

No tracked source covers January 2022 to August 2022.

Sources: nc-dwr-sso-2022-2025; nc-dwr-sso-2026. Records cover September 1, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported volume per year

Gallons (axis: K thousand, M million), summed from the 54 reports that gave a volume as a number.

  • Incomplete source coverage
Limited recordsLimited records

Sources: nc-dwr-sso-2022-2025; nc-dwr-sso-2026. Records cover September 1, 2022 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
  • Incomplete source coverage
Limited recordsLimited records

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

Sources: nc-dwr-sso-2022-2025; nc-dwr-sso-2026. Records cover September 1, 2022 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
  • Season with incomplete source coverage

Seasons with incomplete source coverage: 2022. The share is of the hours a source covered. 51 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. Official beach and cyanobacteria (harmful blue-green algae) advisories are counted on water pages only.

Sources: nc-dwr-sso-2022-2025; nc-dwr-sso-2026. Records cover September 1, 2022 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.

Sources: nc-dwr-sso-2022-2025; nc-dwr-sso-2026. Records cover September 1, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported discharges by wastewater outlet

Wastewater outlets with the most tracked discharge records: 10 of 12, all years. Counts depend on reporting coverage and do not measure legal compliance or harm.

Sources: nc-dwr-sso-2022-2025; nc-dwr-sso-2026. Records cover September 1, 2022 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.

  • nc-dwr-sso-2022-2025: records from September 1, 2022 to February 15, 2026
  • nc-dwr-sso-2026: records from January 2, 2026 to the latest update