Treatment bypass reported — ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER COMPANY - GRANITE CITY WWTP, Sep 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 IL0033481:27:1, reported Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT, retrieved 2026-11-06 08:38 UTC · Read the original notice
Current status from this report
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1. Reported wastewater outlet
Operator named in the record: ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER COMPANY - GRANITE CITY WWTP (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, IL0033481). Outlet: not stated. Location: 38.69444, -90.18083; 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: “Mississippi River”. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Mississippi River, IL. Match basis: the water named in the report.
3. Estimated downstream stretch
No downstream estimate is available for this report.
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
- Treatment bypass: wastewater skips one or more treatment steps.
- Status in the record
- Ended (as reported)
- Material
- “wastewater diverted around part of the treatment process”
- Volume
- 1 gallon (measured or verified)
- Volume as reported
- “1 gallons (Manual Direct Measurement)”
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 Mississippi River: Discharge reported ongoing, Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT to Sep 10, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
- Caution Mississippi River: Within the caution period after the reported end, Sep 10, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT to Sep 13, 2026, 10:00 PM 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
- IL0033481:27:1
- Original notice
- Read the original notice
- Earlier version
- None: this is the first record
- Later versions
- None
Record details
| Record identifier | echo-sewer-overflow:IL0033481:27:1 |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | echo-sewer-overflow |
| Source record number | IL0033481:27:1 |
| Earlier version | Not provided |
| Type | Treatment bypass |
| Status in the report | Ended (as reported) |
| Sewer operator identifier | il-illinois-american-water-company-granite-city-wwtp |
| Sewer operator | ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER COMPANY - GRANITE CITY WWTP |
| Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES) | IL0033481 |
| Outlet number | Not provided |
| Outlet name | Not provided |
| Water named in the report | Mississippi River |
| Linked waters | mississippi-river-il |
| How this report was linked to the water | the water named in the report |
| Latitude | 38.694 |
| Longitude | -90.181 |
| Location source | given in the source record |
| Location accuracy, in metres | Not provided |
| Started | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT (2026-09-10T12:00:00-05:00) |
| Ended | Sep 10, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT (2026-09-10T22:00:00-05:00) |
| Detail provided by the source | to the minute |
| Reported to the source | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT (2026-09-01) |
| Published | Nov 4, 2026, 12:00 AM CST (2026-11-04) |
| Source last updated | Nov 4, 2026, 6:21 AM CST (2026-11-04T12:21:15Z) |
| Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch | Nov 6, 2026, 2:38 AM CST (2026-11-06T08:38:59Z) |
| Material | wastewater diverted around part of the treatment process |
| Volume, in gallons | 1 |
| Volume as reported | 1 gallons (Manual Direct Measurement) |
| How volume was determined | measured or verified |
| 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=IL0033481&sys=ICP |
Original source data
{
"permit_identifier": "IL0033481",
"program_report_form_set_id": "27",
"program_report_form_id": "1",
"sewer_overflow_bypass_event_key": "27287",
"sewer_overflow_bypass_event_id_ext": "1",
"sewer_overflow_bypass_description_text": "USACE CCTV Levee Inspection",
"sewer_overflow_bypass_reporting_requirement_code": "4",
"sewer_overflow_reporting_requirement_desc": "Anticipated bypass notice",
"latitude_measure": "38.694444",
"longitude_measure": "-90.180833",
"sewer_overflow_bypass_duration_hours": "10.00",
"sewer_overflow_bypass_start_datetime": "2026-09-10 12:00:00",
"sewer_overflow_bypass_end_datetime": "2026-09-10 22:00:00",
"discharge_quantification_method_code": "MDM",
"discharge_quantification_method_desc": "Manual Direct Measurement",
"sewer_overflow_bypass_discharge_volume_gallons": "1.00",
"anticipated_bypass_text": "Discharge must be ceased in order to view levee integrity via CCTV. Influent flow directed to COTs for storage, then pumped into treatment plant after conclusion of inspection. Discharge from COTs not anticipated.",
"anticipated_bypass_expect_limit_violation": "N",
"payload_id": "318062537",
"event_transaction_type": "N",
"program_report_received_date": "2026-09-01",
"program_report_start_date": "2026-09-10",
"program_report_end_date": "2026-09-10",
"electronic_submission_type_code": "ES1",
"electr_submission_type_desc": "EPA electronic reporting system",
"program_report_npdes_data_group_number_code": "G9C",
"transaction_type": "N",
"types": [
"Bypass Event"
],
"receiving_waters": [
"Mississippi River"
],
"impacts": [
{
"code": "NOI",
"desc": "No observable impacts",
"other": null
}
],
"causes": [
{
"code": "ROU",
"desc": "Routine Maintenance at Treatment Plant",
"other": null
}
],
"corrective_actions": [
{
"code": "OTH",
"desc": "Other",
"other": "COTs as storage, no expected discharge"
}
],
"treatment": [
{
"code": null,
"desc": null,
"bypassed_equipment": "Other treatment plant equipment"
}
],
"collection_system_name": null,
"percent_collection_system_css": null,
"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"
} Staff names, email addresses and phone numbers are removed from source data before it is stored.