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North Carolina sewage discharges, September 2024
199 records of sewage discharges and water advisories in North Carolina dated in September 2024, newest first. Each record keeps the source's own times and wording.
Source: the agencies, sewer operators and EPA records named on each row and on the Sources page. Updated 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC.
Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater. Cyanobacteria (harmful blue-green algae) can make water unfit for contact; the issuing authority decides when its advisory ends.
| When | Report | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Holly Collection System · Dutchmans Creek · SSO · 4,620 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Morganton Collection System · “Wilson Creek” · Lost Corner Pump Station · SSO · 2,400 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Sugar Creek · SSO · 11,275 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Shelby Collection System · First Broad River · 1330 wyanoke ave, shelby, nc · SSO · 975 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Maggie Valley Collection System · Jonathans Creek · Hpl #2 · SSO · 8,625 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Maggie Valley Collection System · “Campbell Creek” · Hpl #4 · SSO · 1,275 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Cliffside Sanitary District WWTP · Second Broad River · Main Pump Station · SSO · 300,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · “CATAWBA RIVER (Lake Wylie below elevation 570)” · SSO · 224,443 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Claremont Collection System · Lyle Creek · SSO · 1,164 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Brevard Collection System · French Broad River · Gallimore Road Pump Station · SSO · 72,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Lake Wylie · SSO · 2,050 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Lowell Collection System · “Duharts Creek” · SSO · 620 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · Cape Fear River · 1114 Warren Road Erwin · SSO · 10,080 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Newton Collection System · SSO · 3,780 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Rocky Mount Collection System · Tar River · SSO · 262,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · “Matthews Lake Durham” · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority WWTP · Yadkin River · Jonesville Influent · SSO · 450 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority WWTP · Yadkin River · Regional Lift Station · SSO · 1,350 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority WWTP · Yadkin River · Rhonda Park Lift Station · SSO · 700 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Newton Collection System · Clark Creek · SSO · 309,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · Cape Fear River · SSO · 9,600 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · Cape Fear River · 600 Iris Bryant Road · SSO · 8,400 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority WWTP · Yadkin River · River Road Lift Station · SSO · 200 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Rocky Mount Collection System · Little Cokey Swamp · manhole · SSO · 1,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Parkton Collection System · Dunns Marsh · SSO · 1,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Parkton Collection System · Dunns Marsh · Behind the graveyard · SSO · 400 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Rocky Mount Collection System · “Swift Creek” · Gold Rock Lift Station · SSO · 15,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · “Black River (Little Black River) (Popes Lake, Rhodes Pond)” · 1811 Bunnlevel Erwin Road · SSO · 4,200 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Rocky Mount Collection System · Cowlick Branch · Manhole at 1661 Harper Street · SSO · 1,200 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Johnston County Public Utilities · Neuse River · Release from failed pipe to ditch that leads to private ponds · SSO · 8,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Drexel Collection System · Howard Creek · SSO · volume not reported · notice · map | ended | |
| Rocky Mount Collection System · Cowlick Branch · SSO · 6,375 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| City of Wilson · Contentnea Creek · SSO · 600 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| West Jefferson Collection System · Beaver Creek · 2375 Hwy 163 West Jefferson · SSO · 80,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Campbell Creek · SSO · 1,150 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Conover Collection System · Lyle Creek · SSO · 46,260 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| White Lake Collection System · “White Lake” · SSO · 1,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Rocky Mount Collection System · Cowlick Branch · SSO · 1,400 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| White Lake Collection System · SSO · 1,400 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority WWTP · Yadkin River · Memorial Park Lift Station · SSO · 200 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Rocky Mount Collection System · Cowlick Branch · SSO · 2,250 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| White Lake Collection System · SSO · 1,200 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Cross Creek Mobile Estates · Manhole just above plant · SSO · 1,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| City of Eden · Dan River · SSO · 200 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · “Little River (Lower Little River)” · 161 deep woods lane · SSO · 2,400 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · Thorntons Creek · 455 Fleming Road · SSO · 900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Asheboro Collection System · Vestal Creek · Lift Station 6 · SSO · 7,749 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Orange Water and Sewer Authority · Bolin Creek · SSO · 720 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Conover Collection System · Mull Creek · SSO · 2,520 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Orange Water and Sewer Authority · Bolin Creek · Cleland Road and Whitley Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 · SSO · 735 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Shelby Collection System · Brushy Creek · SSO · 54,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Lowell Collection System · “Duharts Creek” · SSO · 480 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Shelby Collection System · First Broad River · 703 hanover dr, shelby, nc · SSO · 13,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Clinton Collection System · Williams Old Mill Branch · SSO · 9,800 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Shelby Collection System · First Broad River · 998 west grover st, shelby, nc (J&C Lift Station) · SSO · 137,600 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Belmont Collection System · “CATAWBA RIVER (Lake Wylie below elevation 570) North Carolina portion” · SSO · 13,360 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Yadkinville Collection System · Haw Branch · SSO · 9,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Liberty Collection System · Rocky River · Manhole 500B · SSO · 2,250 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Belmont Collection System · “CATAWBA RIVER (Lake Wylie below elevation 570) North Carolina portion” · SSO · 13,096 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Belmont Collection System · “CATAWBA RIVER (Lake Wylie below elevation 570) North Carolina portion” · SSO · 13,320 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Yadkinville Collection System · Haw Branch · SSO · 9,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Yadkinville Collection System · SSO · 4,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Shelby Collection System · Hickory Creek · 101 kenwood dr, shelby, nc (new manhole behind house on ROW) · SSO · 90,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Gastonia Collection System · “Catawba Creek” · SSO · 92,160 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Greater Badin Water & Sewer District · SSO · 9,600 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Conover Collection System · Cline Creek · SSO · 150 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Yadkinville Collection System · Haw Branch · SSO · 9,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Kings Mountain Collection System · Beason Creek · SSO · 950 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Shelby Collection System · First Broad River · 908 hampton st, shelby, nc · SSO · 15,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Thomasville · Hamby Creek · East Davidson Pump Station · SSO · 750 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Taylorsville Collection System · Glade Creek · SSO · 52,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Wadesboro Collection System · Lampley Branch · manhole nearest to lift station · SSO · 2,040 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Spindale Collection System · Stonecutter Creek · SSO · 525 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Shelby Collection System · First Broad River · Ford St, Sunset Cemetery ROW, Shelby · SSO · 30,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Albemarle Collection System · Mountain Creek · SSO · 500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Forest City Collection System · 221-A Pump Station · SSO · 1,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Forest City Collection System · Wilson Pump Station · SSO · 1,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Forest City Collection System · Pointer Pump Station · SSO · 2,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Forest City Collection System · Forest Lake · Erwin Pump Station · SSO · 25,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Forest City Collection System · Bracketts Creek · Brackett Pump Station · SSO · 500,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Asheboro Collection System · Cedar Fork Creek · Lift Station 4 · SSO · 3,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| City of Kings Mountain Water Resources · 1146 York Rd. Kings Mountain · SSO · 750 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Salisbury Collection System · Grants Creek · SSO · 375 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Lowell Collection System · South Fork Catawba River · SSO · 11,890 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Spindale Collection System · Stonecutter Creek · SSO · 2,095 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Kings Mountain Collection System · Abernethy Creek · SSO · 800 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Kings Mountain Collection System · SSO · 600 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Taylorsville Collection System · Lower Little River · SSO · 4,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Conover Collection System · Mull Creek · SSO · 8,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Gastonia Collection System · “Catawba Creek” · SSO · 30,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Hickory Collection System · Catawba River, Lake Hickory · SSO · 3,700 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Hickory Collection System · SSO · 4,560 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Taylorsville Collection System · Stirewalt Creek · SSO · 24,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Taylorsville Collection System · Glade Creek · SSO · 36,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Shelby Collection System · “Long Creek” · 1446 new prospsct church road, shelby, nc · SSO · 3,600 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Taylorsville Collection System · Glade Creek · SSO · 75,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Taylorsville Collection System · Glade Creek · SSO · 31,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Fallston Collection System · “Long Branch” · 4501 Fallston Rd, Shelby, NC (Dellinger Lift Station) · SSO · 10,350 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Lowell Collection System · South Fork Catawba River · SSO · 35,671 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Belmont Collection System · Catawba River, Lake Wylie · SSO · 2,512 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Handy Sanitary District Collection System · “Uwharrie River” · SSO · 13,060 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| MSD of Buncombe County · Hominy Creek · SSO · 800 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Orange Water and Sewer Authority · Morgan Creek · SSO · 220 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| MSD of Buncombe County · “Beaverdam Creek (Beaver Lake)” · SSO · 3,600 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Kingstown Collection System · “Little Creek” · 1623 West Zion Church Rd, Shelby, NC (Kingston Lift Station) · SSO · 12,900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Marion Collection System · Catawba River, Lake James · Lift station · SSO · 6,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Fuquay-Varina Collection System · Kenneth Creek · SSO · 6,900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Washington Collection System · Cherry Run · SSO · 150 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Mooresville Collection System · Lake Norman · SSO · 978 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Henderson Collection System · Sandy Creek · SSO · 27,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Henderson Collection System · Sandy Creek · SSO · 19,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Henderson Collection System · Sandy Creek · SSO · 5,850 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Rocky Mount Collection System · “Swift Creek” · Gold Rock Lift Station · SSO · 4,900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Clayton Collection System · Manhole · SSO · 5,400 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Franklinville Collection System · Deep River · East Side pump station · SSO · 5,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Franklinville Collection System · Deep River · Ogles Creek Pump Station · SSO · 8,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Henderson Collection System · Nutbush Creek · Wastewater Treatment Facility · SSO · 15,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Paw Creek · SSO · 1,395 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · McAlpine Creek · SSO · 920 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Winston-Salem Collection System · Fiddlers Creek · 1251 Terry Road, Winston-Salem, NC · SSO · 3,975 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Mooresville Collection System · Dye Creek · SSO · 165 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Lenoir Collection System · Zacks Fork Creek · coming out of bank/line · SSO · 467 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Greensboro Collection System · SSO · 1,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · Cape Fear River · SLS 132-600 iris bryant road · SSO · 55,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · Lake Norman · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · Lake Norman · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · Lake Norman · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Onslow Water and Sewer Authority · Chadwick Acres Pump Station · SSO · 2,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · “Cub creek” · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| City of Winston-Salem · Muddy Creek · 3748 Reynold Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27106 · SSO · 1,350 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · Cape Fear River · SLS 133-1114 warren road · SSO · 17,400 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · “Long Creek” · SSO · 170 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Elizabethtown Collection System · manhole near WWTP · SSO · 202,575 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · Lake Norman · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · Lake Norman · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Forest City Collection System · Bracketts Creek · SSO · 250 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Mayodan Collection System · Mayo River · SSO · 60,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Mayodan Collection System · Mayo River · SSO · 78,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Dunn Collection System · Mingo Swamp · 11332 NC hwy 55 Dunn, NC (Eastside lift station) · SSO · 360,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · Cape Fear River · SLS 25- bunnlevel erwin road · SSO · 16,200 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Franklin County Public Utilities · SSO · 2,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Lexington Collection System · Rat Spring Branch · SSO · 50 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · Thorntons Creek · SLS 4 -455 Fleming road · SSO · 20,400 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Newton Grove Collection System · Beaverdam Swamp · SSO · 500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · “Black River (Little Black River) (Popes Lake, Rhodes Pond)” · SLS 142- 1811 Erwin road · SSO · 10,800 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · High Rock Lake · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Harnett County Collection System · “black creek” · SLS 134- 615 McKay st · SSO · 10,200 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · Cape Fear River · 90 moore st-SLS 135 · SSO · 22,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · Cape Fear River · 105 West D st · SSO · 22,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC State University collection system · House Creek · Steam Plant · SSO · 3,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Albemarle Collection System · Mountain Creek · SSO · 9,100 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Albemarle Collection System · Mountain Creek · SSO · 9,870 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Liberty Collection System · Rocky River · SSO · 8,640 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Kannapolis Collection System · Cold Water Creek · 269 Esther Circle, Kannapolis, NC · SSO · 600 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Newton Collection System · Clark Creek · SSO · 4,125 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Sanford Collection System · “Little Buffalo Creek” · SSO · 960 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Mount Gilead Collection System · Pee Dee River · SSO · 1,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Kannapolis Collection System · Irish Buffalo Creek · 1201 Mason Street, Kannapolis, Nc, 28081 · SSO · 900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| White Lake Collection System · SSO · 2,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| White Lake Collection System · SSO · 1,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Lumberton Collection System · Lumber River · SSO · 800 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Elizabethtown Collection System · Browns Creek · 107 s lower st ( pump station) · SSO · 3,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Lexington Collection System · Southmont Force Main · SSO · 100 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Lexington Collection System · APC Outfall · SSO · 100 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Fayetteville PWC · “Blounts Creek” · SSO · 900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Winston-Salem Collection System · “Peters Creek” · SSO · 900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Winston-Salem Collection System · Behind 4820 Kinnamon Rd, Clemmons, NC · SSO · 2,700 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · Gunpowder Creek · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Eastover Sanitary District Collection System · Gum Log Canal · SSO · 12,800 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Gastonia Collection System · “CATAWBA RIVER (Lake Wylie below elevation 570)” · SSO · 540 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Taylorsville Collection System · Muddy Fork · SSO · 1,250 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Salisbury Collection System · Grants Creek · SSO · 14,400 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · High Rock Lake · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Angier Collection System · “Unnamed Trib to Black River” · SSO · 15,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Greensboro Collection System · South Buffalo Creek · SSO · 500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Wilson Collection System · Hominy Swamp · SSO · 500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · Badin Lake · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Salisbury Collection System · Grants Creek · SSO · 201,600 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · “Mouth of Salmon Creek” · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Greensboro Collection System · South Buffalo Creek · Approximately 900 gallons released from a manhole due to grease and debris, a portion of the release entered South Buffalo, cleanup operations were conducted. · SSO · 900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Boiling Springs Collection System · “Beaverdam Creek” · lift station · SSO · 100 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Raleigh Collection System · “Unnamed Tributary near Neuse” · Varsity Dr, Raleigh, NC · SSO · 870 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · South Fork New River · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · “Pond 3372 Richardson rd. Nashville NC27856” · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Orange Water and Sewer Authority · SSO · 35 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Sixmile Creek · SSO · 339 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Onslow Water and Sewer Authority · “Wallace Creek” · 24 inch force main bored under Wallace Creek · SSO · 33,916 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Greensboro Collection System · East Fork Deep River · SSO · 500,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · Mine Creek · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Robbins Collection System · “Buck branch” · Green st Robbins · SSO · 1,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Goldsboro Collection System · Stoney Creek · SSO · 800 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Greensboro Collection System · East Fork Deep River · SSO · 8,300 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Winston-Salem Collection System · Peters Creek · SSO · 150 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Mooresville Collection System · Lake Norman · SSO · 150 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · “St. Ives Subdivision retention pond” · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Fayetteville PWC · Little Rockfish Creek · SSO · 970 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Asheboro Collection System · Little River · SSO · 7,385 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Union County Collection System · “South Fork Crooked Creek” · SSO · 3,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · Lake Norman · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported |
Sources: NC DWR Sanitary Sewer Overflows September 2022 through December 2025 (ArcGIS), retrieved 2026-11-04 06:57 UTC; NC DEQ Fish Kills and Algal Blooms public reports (Fish_Kill_Algal_Bloom_Public_View), retrieved 2026-11-04 06:57 UTC. A report's record id and times show when you hover or focus its "report" link.