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Treatment plant bypass reported — WEST HAVEN, Jun 16, 2026

Ended (as reported) · WEST HAVEN (CT DEEP Performance Dashboard)

Source: WEST HAVEN (CT DEEP Performance Dashboard) via CT DEEP CSO/SSO Performance Dashboard (QScend), record 10781, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:20 UTC · Read the original notice

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1. Reported wastewater outlet

Operator named in the record: WEST HAVEN. Outlet: “Treatment Plant, 2 Beach St, West Haven, CT”. Location: not given in the report or in the outlet records.

Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names no water. Not linked to a mapped water.

3. Estimated downstream stretch

We estimate routes only on rivers before they become tidal. We do not estimate routes through tidal water or lakes.

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

Jun 16, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT

Ended

Jun 16, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the minute

Reported to the source

not given

Published

not given

Source last updated

not given

Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch

2026-11-02 11:20 UTC

What and how much

Type

Treatment bypass: wastewater skips one or more treatment steps.

Status in the record

Ended (as reported)

Material

“Sludge Spill”

Volume

75 gallons (not stated whether estimated or measured)

Volume as reported

“75 gallons (with water used to clean)”

Advice from WEST HAVEN (CT DEEP Performance Dashboard)

This report includes no advice. Check current local health notices.

Advice period

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Basis

not stated

Source and versions

Source

CT DEEP CSO/SSO Performance Dashboard (QScend)

Source record number

10781

Original notice

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Earlier version

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Later versions

None

{
  "Reporting Utility": "WEST HAVEN",
  "Status": "Closed",
  "Incident Type": "Sewage Bypass",
  "Weather Conditions": "Dry",
  "Date Bypass Began or was Discovered": "06/16/2026",
  "Event Start Time": "07:30 AM",
  "Location of Bypass": "Treatment Plant",
  "Type of Bypass": "Sludge Spill",
  "Cause of Bypass": "Other",
  "Cause of Bypass Other Explanation": "Solids loss from a crack on our pressurized sludge discharge line that feeds our (dewatered) cake can from the belt filter press. Solids exited out the BFP building overhead door onto the parking lot.",
  "How was Incident Discovered": "Operator running the belt filter press",
  "Estimated Quantity or Rate of Discharge": "75 gallons",
  "How was estimated Quantity or Rate Determined": "Visual",
  "Reach Waterbody": "No",
  "Request ID": "10781",
  "Waterbody Name": null,
  "Date Bypass Ended": "06/16/2026",
  "Event End Time": "09:15 AM",
  "Final Quantity": "75 gallons (with water used to clean)",
  "How was Final Volume Determined": null,
  "How incident was resolved": "System was shut down and area was cleaned.",
  "Municipality": "West Haven",
  "Address": "2 Beach St, West Haven, CT",
  "_view": "SSO DATA VIEW"
}