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Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — MOUNT CARMEL STP, CITY OF, Oct 22, 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 IL0030023:14:2, reported Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT, retrieved 2026-11-06 08:38 UTC · Read the original notice

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1. Reported wastewater outlet

Operator named in the record: MOUNT CARMEL STP, CITY OF (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, IL0030023). Outlet: not stated. Location: 38.42633, -87.76091; location source: given in the source record.

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

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “Unnamed ditch that runs to Wabash River”. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Wabash River, IL. Match basis: the water named in the report.

3. Estimated downstream stretch

No downstream estimate is available for this report.

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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

Oct 22, 2026, 2:30 AM CDT

Ended

Oct 22, 2026, 3:30 AM CDT

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the minute

Reported to the source

Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT

Published

Nov 4, 2026, 12:00 AM CST

Source last updated

Nov 4, 2026, 6:21 AM CST

Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch

2026-11-06 08:38 UTC

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

20 gallons (estimated)

Volume as reported

“20 gallons (Best Professional Judgement)”

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

Status history from this report

• Discharge or advisory reported Coffee Creek: Discharge reported ongoing, Oct 22, 2026, 2:30 AM CDT to Oct 22, 2026, 3:30 AM CDT
• Caution Coffee Creek: Within the caution period after the reported end, Oct 22, 2026, 3:30 AM CDT to Oct 25, 2026, 3:30 AM CDT
• Discharge or advisory reported Wabash River: Discharge reported ongoing, Oct 22, 2026, 2:30 AM CDT to Oct 22, 2026, 3:30 AM CDT
• Caution Wabash River: Within the caution period after the reported end, Oct 22, 2026, 3:30 AM CDT to Oct 25, 2026, 3:30 AM CDT

Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using this report and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-06 09:03 UTC.

Source and versions

Source

Public source

Source record number

IL0030023:14:2

Original notice

Read the original notice

Earlier version

None: this is the first record

Later versions

None

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  "permit_identifier": "IL0030023",
  "program_report_form_set_id": "14",
  "program_report_form_id": "1",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_event_key": "28025",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_event_id_ext": "2",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_description_text": "Michael Ave manhole",
  "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",
  "sewer_overflow_structure_type_code": "MAN",
  "sewer_overflow_structure_type_desc": "Manhole",
  "collection_system_identifier": "001",
  "latitude_measure": "38.426330",
  "longitude_measure": "-87.760911",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_duration_hours": "1.00",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_start_datetime": "2026-10-22 02:30:00",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_end_datetime": "2026-10-22 03:30:00",
  "discharge_quantification_method_code": "BPJ",
  "discharge_quantification_method_desc": "Best Professional Judgement",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_discharge_volume_gallons": "20.00",
  "payload_id": "323390581",
  "event_transaction_type": "N",
  "program_report_received_date": "2026-10-25",
  "program_report_start_date": "2026-10-21",
  "program_report_end_date": "2026-10-21",
  "electronic_submission_type_code": "ES1",
  "electr_submission_type_desc": "EPA electronic reporting system",
  "program_report_npdes_data_group_number_code": "G9A",
  "transaction_type": "N",
  "collection_system_owner_type_code": "CTG",
  "collection_system_owner_type_desc": "Municipality",
  "collection_system_population": "7015",
  "types": [
    "Sanitary Sewer Overflow Event"
  ],
  "receiving_waters": [
    "Unnamed ditch that runs to Wabash River"
  ],
  "impacts": [
    {
      "code": "NOI",
      "desc": "No observable impacts",
      "other": null
    }
  ],
  "causes": [
    {
      "code": "BTR",
      "desc": "Blockage - Tree Roots",
      "other": null
    }
  ],
  "corrective_actions": [
    {
      "code": "FLU",
      "desc": "Sewer Flushing, Rodding, Blockage/Debris Removal",
      "other": null
    }
  ],
  "treatment": [],
  "collection_system_name": "MOUNT CARMEL STP, CITY OF SSCS",
  "percent_collection_system_css": "0",
  "reached_water_rule": "receiving water named",
  "timezone_note": "ECHO gives event times without a timezone; read as America/Chicago, the permit's state's zone (a fall-back hour that happens twice is read as the first)",
  "report_version": "1"
}