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North Carolina sewage discharges, February 2025
94 records of sewage discharges and water advisories in North Carolina dated in February 2025, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Newton Collection System · Clark Creek · Collection line became exposed due to rain event. The exposed piep failed and piece of the pipe were observed in Clark's Creek. · SSO · 120,450 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 | |
| Conover Collection System · Lyle Creek · SSO · 250 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| MSD of Buncombe County · Swannanoa River · SSO · 450 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Lake Norman · SSO · 90 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Chatham WRF Collection System · Cub Creek · SSO · 1,900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Irwin Creek · SSO · 832 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| MSD of Buncombe County · Reems Creek · SSO · 167 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Harnett County Collection System · “Upper Little River” · force main · SSO · 9,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Greensboro Collection System · Brush Creek · SSO · 4,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Murphy Collection System · Actual location is off of Down Street in Murphy - SSO came from a manhole next to a LS · SSO · 4,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Mebane Collection System · “Unnamed tributary to Haw Creek” · SSO · 184 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Durham Collection System · Third Fork Creek · SSO · 180 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Raleigh Collection System · Cemetery Branch · SSO · 40 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · McMullen Creek · SSO · 190 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · Jordan Lake · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Raleigh Collection System · “Unnamed tributary to Southgate Basin” · SSO · 6,232 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Concord Collection System · Threemile Branch · SSO · 505 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Lowell Collection System · South Fork Catawba River · 110 Reid street, Lowell · SSO · 180 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Burlington Collection System · “Back Creek” · SSO · 1,200 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| MSD of Buncombe County · North Fork Swannanoa River · SSO · 100 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District · Roanoke River · Highway 48 pump station · SSO · 900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| South Granville Water & Sewer Authority · “Whitaker Branch” · SSO · 100 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Little Sugar Creek · SSO · 1,270 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Greensboro Collection System · Reedy Fork · SSO · 100 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Carolina Trace Collection System · “Upper Little River” · SSO · 200,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority WWTP · Camp Creek · 151 Ebenezer Church Road, Elkin 28621 · SSO · 1,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Little Sugar Creek · SSO · 320 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Newland Collection System · North Toe River · Tweetsie Pump Station · SSO · 350,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Louisburg Collection System · Spilled from a manhole · SSO · 2,850 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Greensboro Collection System · North Buffalo Creek · SSO · 1,950 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Winston-Salem Collection System · Grassy Creek · On outfall · SSO · 300 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Mooresville Collection System · “Back Creek” · SSO · 2,070 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Raleigh Collection System · Buck Branch · SSO · 1,890 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Studman Branch · SSO · 2,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Snow Hill Collection System · Contentnea Creek · SSO · volume not reported · notice · map | ended | |
| Kinston Collection System · Yadkin Branch · SSO from manhole clostest to Forrest street liftstation · SSO · 13,250 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Johnston County Public Utilities · “Reedy Creek” · Pump Station · SSO · 251,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Waynesville Collection System · Richland Creek · 1329 Old Howell Mill Road, Waynesville - bar screen location · SSO · 51,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Wilson Collection System · Hominy Swamp · SSO · 214 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Fourmile Creek · SSO · 1,700 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Winston-Salem Collection System · Salem Creek · SSO · 100 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Naples Terrace Apartments. · In front of building 1217 D. · SSO · “0 gallons reached surface water” · notice · map | ended | |
| Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District · Chockoyotte Creek · SSO · 600 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Waynesville Collection System · Richland Creek · near 1329 howell mill rd · SSO · 43,200 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Brier Creek · SSO · 660 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Franklin County Public Utilities · Cedar Creek · Outfall of facility · SSO · 10,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Asheboro Collection System · Penwood Branch · SSO · 42,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Mayodan Collection System · Mayo River · SSO · 6,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Mayodan Collection System · Mayo River · SSO · 900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Mayodan Collection System · Mayo River · SSO · 2,550 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Albemarle Collection System · Mountain Creek · SSO · 28,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Locust Collection System · Island Creek · Force main · SSO · 2,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Robersonville Collection System · Corner of Railroad street and Morten Street · SSO · 5,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Union County Collection System · “South Fork Crooked Creek” · SSO · 59,425 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Asheboro Collection System · Vestal Creek · Lift Station #6 · SSO · 12,732 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| MSD of Buncombe County · French Broad River · Along old river rd. no address, located by manhole # · SSO · 3,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Conover Collection System · Lyle Creek · SSO · 250 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Albemarle Collection System · Little Long Creek · SSO · 5,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Henderson Collection System · Sandy Creek · Lift station · SSO · 32,400 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Denton Collection System · Lick Creek · Council Access Road Denton · SSO · 12,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Eden Collection System · Dry Creek · SSO · 13,125 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| High Point Collection System · West Fork Deep River · SSO · 200 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Winston-Salem Collection System · “Mill Creek” · SSO · 2,150 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Albemarle Collection System · Melchor Branch · SSO · 4,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Greensboro Collection System · North Buffalo Creek · 4105 Woodale Ln, Greensboro · SSO · 500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Water and Sewer Authority of Cabarrus County · Rocky River · About a half mile from Lower Rocky River PS, near 6100 rocky river road, concord, nc. · SSO · 63,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Eden Collection System · Dan River · SSO · 2,100 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Bryson City Collection System · Tuckasegee River · SSO · 5,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Spindale Collection System · Stonecutter Creek · Oak Street pump station · SSO · 650 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Spindale Collection System · Floyds Creek · Oakland Heights PS · SSO · 390 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority WWTP · Yadkin River · SSO · 2,000 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Everetts Collection System · “Collie Swamp” · manhole down from the #1 liftstation. · SSO · 1,500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · McKee Creek · SSO · 210 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Greensboro Collection System · North Buffalo Creek · SSO · volume not reported · notice · map | ended | |
| Winston-Salem Collection System · Leak Creek · SSO · 150 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| MSD of Buncombe County · French Broad River · SSO · 200 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Irwin Creek · SSO · 1,635 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| MSD of Buncombe County · Flat Creek · 507 Stepp St. Black Mountain · SSO · 316 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Durham Collection System · Ellerbe Creek · 201 Foster St, Durham, NC 27701, USA · SSO · 240 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Southern Pines Collection System · McDeeds Creek · aerial line between manholes 1059-1058 · SSO · 800 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| MSD of Buncombe County · Little Piney Branch · SSO · 300 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Stewart Creek · SSO · 325 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (fish kill and algal bloom reports) · Pinner Creek · Algae advisory · volume not reported · notice · map | reported | |
| Greensboro Collection System · Reedy Fork · SSO · 650 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Winston-Salem Collection System · SSO · 500 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Kannapolis Collection System · Cold Water Creek · SSO · 800 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Greensboro Collection System · East Fork Deep River · SSO · 1,800 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Robbins Collection System · “Buck Creek” · SSO · 250 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Charlotte Water Collection System · Edwards Branch · SSO · 4,900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Waynesville Collection System · Richland Creek · SSO · 64,800 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Durham Collection System · Eno River · SSO · 1,180 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Greensboro Collection System · North Buffalo Creek · SSO · 900 gallons · notice · map | ended | |
| Asheboro Collection System · Vestal Creek · Man Hole 3365 · SSO · 1,625 gallons · notice · map | ended |
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.