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Sanitary sewer overflow: BRANFORD, Jul 21, 2026

Not stated by the source · BRANFORD (CT DEEP Performance Dashboard)

Source: BRANFORD (CT DEEP Performance Dashboard) via CT DEEP CSO/SSO Performance Dashboard (QScend), record 11021, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:20 UTC · notice

1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by BRANFORD: “Sewer Main, 5 Indian Neck Ave, Branford, CT”. Location: no coordinates in the record or the outfall registry.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “Branford River”. We place it on Branford River, CT. Matched by the name of the water in the source record.

3. Modeled downstream reach

No modeled reach for this record in this build.

Open on the main map

When: three different times

The time of the event, the time the source reported, published or updated it, and the time we fetched it are kept apart. Times are shown in New England time; the record keeps the original offsets.

Started

Jul 21, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT

Ended

not reported

Precision

Known to the minute

Reported to the source

not given

Published

not given

Source last updated

not given

We fetched it

2026-11-02 11:20 UTC

What and how much

Type

Sanitary sewer overflow

Status in the record

Not stated by the source

Material

“Raw Sewage”

Volume

8,000 gal (estimated)

Volume in the source's words

“Educated guess of 8,000 gallons.”

Advice

The record carries no advice text from BRANFORD (CT DEEP Performance Dashboard).

Advice window

not stated in the record; the state's window on the methods page applies

Basis

not stated

What it does to the map, over time

• Caution Branford River: Discharge record with no status and no reported end, Jul 21, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT to Aug 4, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
• Unresolved: no end reported Branford River: Unresolved: no end reported, Aug 4, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT to Aug 20, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
• No current report Branford River: Unresolved: no end reported (off the map after 30 days), Aug 20, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT to Oct 19, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT

Source: intervals computed by DirtyWaterWatch (build/status.py) from this record and the rules on the methods page, as of 2026-11-02 11:56 UTC.

Source and revisions

Source

CT DEEP CSO/SSO Performance Dashboard (QScend)

Record id at the source

11021

Original notice

https://deepct.qscend.mygovcenter.com/cms/cms?id=1

Revision of

none (first record)

Revised by

no later revision

{
  "Reporting Utility": "BRANFORD",
  "Status": "In Progress",
  "Incident Type": "Sewage Bypass",
  "Weather Conditions": "Rain less than 1\" per hour",
  "Date Bypass Began or was Discovered": "07/21/2026",
  "Event Start Time": "03:00 PM",
  "Location of Bypass": "Sewer Main",
  "Type of Bypass": "Raw Sewage",
  "Cause of Bypass": "Mechanical Equipment Failure",
  "Cause of Bypass Other Explanation": null,
  "How was Incident Discovered": "Operators responding to an alarm from the Central P. S. Pumps are were started up and are pumping the station back to normal levels.",
  "Estimated Quantity or Rate of Discharge": "Educated guess of 8,000 gallons.",
  "How was estimated Quantity or Rate Determined": "Educated guess.",
  "Reach Waterbody": "Yes",
  "Request ID": "11021",
  "Waterbody Name": "Branford River",
  "Date Bypass Ended": null,
  "Event End Time": null,
  "Final Quantity": null,
  "How was Final Volume Determined": null,
  "How incident was resolved": null,
  "Municipality": "Branford",
  "Address": "5 Indian Neck Ave, Branford, CT",
  "_view": "SSO DATA VIEW",
  "_dww_note": [
    "source status 'In Progress' with no end, started more than 7 days before the fetch: DEEP's Open flag is not maintained by operators, so this is not treated as ongoing"
  ]
}