Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Columbus Water Works (South Columbus WRF; also CSO permit GA0036838), Aug 26, 2026

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{
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_event_key": "27296",
  "permit_identifier": "GA0020516",
  "program_report_form_set_id": "M-202691-1022862",
  "program_report_form_id": "1",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_event_id_ext": "1",
  "program_report_received_date": "2026-08-26",
  "program_report_start_date": "2026-08-26",
  "program_report_end_date": "2026-08-26",
  "electronic_submission_type_code": "ES2",
  "electr_submission_type_desc": "Authorized NPDES program electronic reporting system",
  "program_report_npdes_data_group_number_code": "G9A",
  "program_report_npdes_data_group_desc": "Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Report ",
  "payload_id": "318124976",
  "transaction_type": "R",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_reporting_requirement_code": "1",
  "sewer_overflow_reporting_requirement_desc": "5-day reporting for noncompliance that may endanger health or the environment",
  "wet_weather_occurance_indicator": "N",
  "collection_system_identifier": "GA0020516",
  "latitude_measure": "32.410056",
  "longitude_measure": "-84.979389",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_duration_hours": "2.00",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_start_datetime": "2026-08-26 11:50:00",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_end_datetime": "2026-08-26 13:45:00",
  "event_transaction_type": "R",
  "types": [
    "Sanitary Sewer Overflow Event"
  ],
  "receiving_waters": [
    "Tributary to Upatoi Creek"
  ],
  "impacts": [
    {
      "code": "NOI",
      "desc": "No observable impacts",
      "other": null
    }
  ],
  "causes": [
    {
      "code": "BPA",
      "desc": "Broken Pipe - Aging Infrastructure",
      "other": null
    }
  ],
  "corrective_actions": [
    {
      "code": "FBP",
      "desc": "Fix Broken Pipe",
      "other": null
    }
  ],
  "treatment": [
    {
      "code": "NON",
      "desc": "No Sewer Overflow Treatment",
      "bypassed_equipment": null
    }
  ],
  "collection_system_name": null,
  "percent_collection_system_css": null,
  "reached_water_rule": "receiving water named",
  "timezone_note": "ECHO gives event times without a timezone; recorded as given (presumably local time)",
  "report_version": "1",
  "reported_point": [
    32.410056,
    -84.979389
  ],
  "point_note": "the same point is given for 59 reports of this permit: taken as the permit's location, not the spill's"
}

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