Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Augusta Utilities (J.B. Messerly WPCP), Oct 10, 2026
Ended (as reported) · EPA ECHO Sewer Overflow and Bypass Event report (reported to regulators)
Source: EPA ECHO Sewer Overflow and Bypass Event report (reported to regulators), record GA0037621:M-20261012-1030811:1, reported Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-05 06:08 UTC · Read the original notice
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1. Reported wastewater outlet
Operator named in the record: Augusta Utilities (J.B. Messerly WPCP) (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, GA0037621). Outlet: not stated. 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: “Phinizy Ditch”. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Phinizy Ditch, GA. Match basis: the water named in the report.
3. Estimated downstream stretch
We estimate routes only on rivers before they become tidal. We do not estimate routes through tidal water or lakes.
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
- Detail provided by the source
- Times known to the minute
- Reported to the source
- Published
- 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
- Ended (as reported)
- Material
- “untreated sewage”
- Volume
- volume not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)
- Volume as reported
- none
Advice from EPA ECHO Sewer Overflow and Bypass Event report (reported to regulators)
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
Source and versions
- Source
- Public source
- Source record number
- GA0037621:M-20261012-1030811:1
- Original notice
- Read the original notice
- Earlier version
- None: this is the first record
- Later versions
- None
Record details
| Record identifier | echo-sewer-overflow:GA0037621:M-20261012-1030811:1 |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | echo-sewer-overflow |
| Source record number | GA0037621:M-20261012-1030811:1 |
| Earlier version | Not provided |
| Type | Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) |
| Status in the report | Ended (as reported) |
| Sewer operator identifier | ga-augusta-utilities |
| Sewer operator | Augusta Utilities (J.B. Messerly WPCP) |
| Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES) | GA0037621 |
| Outlet number | Not provided |
| Outlet name | Not provided |
| Water named in the report | Phinizy Ditch |
| Linked waters | phinizy-ditch-ga |
| How this report was linked to the water | the water named in the report |
| Latitude | Not provided |
| Longitude | Not provided |
| Location source | Not provided |
| Location accuracy, in metres | Not provided |
| Started | Oct 10, 2026, 7:42 PM EDT (2026-10-10T19:42:00) |
| Ended | Oct 10, 2026, 11:20 PM EDT (2026-10-10T23:20:00) |
| Detail provided by the source | to the minute |
| Reported to the source | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT (2026-10-16) |
| Published | Nov 4, 2026, 12:00 AM EST (2026-11-04) |
| Source last updated | Nov 4, 2026, 7:16 AM EST (2026-11-04T12:16:43Z) |
| Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch | Nov 5, 2026, 1:08 AM EST (2026-11-05T06:08:40Z) |
| Material | untreated sewage |
| Volume, in gallons | Not provided |
| Volume as reported | Not provided |
| How volume was determined | not stated whether estimated or measured |
| Authority | EPA ECHO Sewer Overflow and Bypass Event report (reported to regulators) |
| Advice | Not provided |
| Advice period, in hours | Not provided |
| Basis of the advice period | Not provided |
| Original notice | https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=GA0037621&sys=ICP |
Original source data
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"sewer_overflow_bypass_event_key": "28006",
"permit_identifier": "GA0037621",
"program_report_form_set_id": "M-20261012-1030811",
"program_report_form_id": "1",
"sewer_overflow_bypass_event_id_ext": "1",
"program_report_received_date": "2026-10-16",
"program_report_start_date": "2026-10-10",
"program_report_end_date": "2026-10-10",
"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": "323158397",
"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": "GA0037621",
"sewer_overflow_bypass_duration_hours": "4.00",
"sewer_overflow_bypass_start_datetime": "2026-10-10 19:42:00",
"sewer_overflow_bypass_end_datetime": "2026-10-10 23:20:00",
"event_transaction_type": "R",
"types": [
"Sanitary Sewer Overflow Event"
],
"receiving_waters": [
"Phinizy Ditch"
],
"impacts": [
{
"code": "NOI",
"desc": "No observable impacts",
"other": null
}
],
"causes": [
{
"code": "FTP",
"desc": "Flooding of Treatment Plant - Hurricane or Large Stormwater Event",
"other": null
},
{
"code": "HLI",
"desc": "High Levels of Inflow and/or Infiltration",
"other": null
}
],
"corrective_actions": [
{
"code": "OTH",
"desc": "Other",
"other": "Auxilary pumping to prevent ov"
}
],
"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"
} Staff names, email addresses and phone numbers are removed from source data before it is stored.