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Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Ventura Regional Sanitation District, Oct 17, 2026
Not stated by the source · California State Water Resources Control Board (CIWQS Sanitary Sewer System Database)
Source: California State Water Resources Control Board (CIWQS Sanitary Sewer System Database) via State Water Board CIWQS Sanitary Sewer System spill data: Cat1-2-3-Spills.txt (nightly flat file), record 908677, reported Oct 21, 2026, 2:37 PM PDT, retrieved 2026-11-05 15:08 UTC · Read the original notice
Current status from this report
End not confirmed on Santa Clara River. Current rule period ends Nov 16, 2026, 4:00 PM PST. This is not a water-quality test.
Why this status: End not confirmed: DirtyWaterWatch rule for missing end times.
Why we use this rule: From day 7 to day 30, the map marks the end as unconfirmed. After day 30, the record remains flagged on its report and water pages.
A report is not a test of the water. See how we assign statuses.
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1. Reported wastewater outlet
Operator named in the record: Ventura Regional Sanitation District (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, 4SSO10487). Outlet: “[house number removed] Lirio”. Location: 34.27600, -119.14500; location source: given in the source record, accurate to about 150 metres.
Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.
2. Waters named in the notice
The notice names no water. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Santa Clara River, CA. Match basis: the report's location, matched to the nearest tracked water.
3. Estimated downstream stretch
No downstream estimate is available for this report.
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.
When it happened and when it was reported
Event and notice times use Eastern Time (EST or EDT). Retrieval times use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
- Started
- Ended
- not reported
- Detail provided by the source
- Times known to the minute
- Reported to the source
- Published
- not given
- Source last updated
- Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch
What and how much
- Type
- Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater.
- Status in the record
- Not stated by the source
- Material
- “untreated sewage”
- Volume
- 1,486 gallons (estimated)
- Volume as reported
- “1,486 gallons spilled (estimated total leaving the sewer system); 0 gallons reached surface water; 0 gallons recovered”
Advice from California State Water Resources Control Board (CIWQS Sanitary Sewer System Database)
This report includes no advice. Check current local health notices.
- Advice period
- This report does not state a period. See the rule DirtyWaterWatch applies and its source.
- Basis
- not stated
Status history from this report
- Caution Santa Clara River: Discharge record with unclear status, Oct 21, 2026, 2:37 PM PDT to Nov 4, 2026, 1:37 PM PST
- End not confirmed Santa Clara River, Nov 4, 2026, 1:37 PM PST to Nov 16, 2026, 4:00 PM PST (the end is scheduled: a new report can change it)
- No current status shown Santa Clara River: end not confirmed, no map colour, Nov 16, 2026, 4:00 PM PST to Jan 19, 2027, 1:37 PM PST (scheduled: a new report can change it)
Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using this report and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-06 09:03 UTC.
Source and versions
- Source
- State Water Board CIWQS Sanitary Sewer System spill data: Cat1-2-3-Spills.txt (nightly flat file)
- Source record number
- 908677
- Original notice
- Read the original notice
- Earlier version
- None: this is the first record
- Later versions
- None
Record details
| Record identifier | ca-swrcb-ciwqs-spills-flatfile:908677 |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | ca-swrcb-ciwqs-spills-flatfile |
| Source record number | 908677 |
| Earlier version | Not provided |
| Type | Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) |
| Status in the report | Not stated by the source |
| Sewer operator identifier | ca-ventura-regional-sanitary-district |
| Sewer operator | Ventura Regional Sanitation District |
| Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES) | 4SSO10487 |
| Outlet number | Not provided |
| Outlet name | [house number removed] Lirio |
| Water named in the report | Not provided |
| Linked waters | santa-clara-river-ca |
| How this report was linked to the water | the report's location, matched to the nearest tracked water |
| Latitude | 34.276 |
| Longitude | -119.145 |
| Location source | given in the source record |
| Location accuracy, in metres | 150 |
| Started | Oct 17, 2026, 5:00 PM PDT (2026-10-17T17:00:00-07:00) |
| Ended | Not provided |
| Detail provided by the source | to the minute |
| Reported to the source | Oct 21, 2026, 2:37 PM PDT (2026-10-21T14:37:00-07:00) |
| Published | Not provided |
| Source last updated | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM PDT (2026-10-21) |
| Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch | Nov 5, 2026, 7:08 AM PST (2026-11-05T15:08:28Z) |
| Material | untreated sewage |
| Volume, in gallons | 1,486 |
| Volume as reported | 1,486 gallons spilled (estimated total leaving the sewer system); 0 gallons reached surface water; 0 gallons recovered |
| How volume was determined | estimated |
| Authority | California State Water Resources Control Board (CIWQS Sanitary Sewer System Database) |
| Advice | Not provided |
| Advice period, in hours | Not provided |
| Basis of the advice period | Not provided |
| Original notice | https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/sso/docs/data_files/Cat1-2-3-Spills.txt |
Original source data
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"region": "4",
"wdid": "4SSO10487",
"enrollee_status": "Active",
"system_name": "Saticoy S.D. CS",
"agency_name": "Ventura Regional Sanitation District",
"spill_event_id": "908677",
"version": "1.1",
"spill_status": "Draft Submitted",
"draft_submitted_on": "21-OCT-26",
"first_certified_on": null,
"final_certified_on": null,
"spill_type": "Category 1 Spill",
"location_name": "[house number removed] Lirio",
"enrollee_notified_at": "10/17/2026 17:49",
"crew_arrival_at": "10/17/2026 20:30",
"start_at": "10/17/2026 17:00",
"caloes_notified_at": "10/21/2026 14:37",
"caloes_control_number": "26-5468",
"technical_report_on": "21-OCT-26",
"lat": "34.27637",
"lon": "-119.14506",
"appearance_points": "Lateral Clean Out (Private)",
"volume_total_gal": "1486",
"reached_drainage_system": "Y",
"volume_recovered_from_drainage_gal": "100",
"volume_left_in_drainage_gal": "0",
"volume_to_surface_water_gal": "0",
"volume_recovered_gal": "0",
"destinations": null,
"destination_points_given": null,
"end_at": null,
"causes": null,
"failure_location": null,
"storm_event": null,
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"receiving_water": null,
"receiving_water_type": null,
"public_access_impact": null,
"closing_entity": null,
"days_closed_or_restricted": null,
"within_1000_ft_of_intake": null,
"samples_collected": null,
"spill_category": "1",
"reached_water": true
} Staff names, email addresses and phone numbers are removed from source data before it is stored.