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Treatment plant bypass: STRATFORD, Sep 13, 2026

Ended (as reported) · STRATFORD (CT DEEP Performance Dashboard)

Source: STRATFORD (CT DEEP Performance Dashboard) via CT DEEP CSO/SSO Performance Dashboard (QScend), record 11446, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:20 UTC · notice

1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by STRATFORD (CT0101036): “Treatment Plant, 105 Beacon Point Rd, Stratford, CT”. Location: no coordinates in the record or the outfall registry.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “Housatonic”. We place it on Housatonic 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.

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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

Sep 13, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT

Ended

Sep 13, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT

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

Treatment plant bypass

Status in the record

Ended (as reported)

Material

“Partially Treated Raw Sewage”

Volume

“1 MGD” (estimated)

Volume in the source's words

“1 MGD”

Advice

The record carries no advice text from STRATFORD (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

• Advisory in effect Housatonic River: Discharge in progress, Sep 13, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT to Sep 13, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT
• Advisory in effect Housatonic River: Within the authority's advice window after the discharge ended, Sep 13, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT to Sep 15, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT
• Caution Housatonic River: Within the site's caution window after the discharge ended (data/rules.json), Sep 15, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT to Sep 16, 2026, 11:30 AM 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

11446

Original notice

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

Revision of

none (first record)

Revised by

no later revision

{
  "Reporting Utility": "STRATFORD",
  "Status": "Closed",
  "Incident Type": "Sewage Bypass",
  "Weather Conditions": "Rain 2-3\" per hour",
  "Date Bypass Began or was Discovered": "09/13/2026",
  "Event Start Time": "10:30AM",
  "Location of Bypass": "Treatment Plant",
  "Type of Bypass": "Partially Treated Raw Sewage",
  "Cause of Bypass": "Electrical Equipment Failure",
  "Cause of Bypass Other Explanation": "Lost power in substation",
  "How was Incident Discovered": "Alarms and SCADA system",
  "Estimated Quantity or Rate of Discharge": "1 MGD",
  "How was estimated Quantity or Rate Determined": "scada trending",
  "Reach Waterbody": "Yes",
  "Request ID": "11446",
  "Waterbody Name": "Housatonic",
  "Date Bypass Ended": "09/13/2026",
  "Event End Time": "11:30 AM",
  "Final Quantity": "1 MGD",
  "How was Final Volume Determined": null,
  "How incident was resolved": "Switched over power with tie breaker and following day substation repaired",
  "Municipality": "Stratford",
  "Address": "105 Beacon Point Rd, Stratford, CT",
  "_view": "SSO DATA VIEW"
}