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Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Sylvania, City of (Sylvania WPCP), Sep 21, 2026

Not stated by the source · Georgia Environmental Protection Division (Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD)

Source: Georgia Environmental Protection Division (Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD) via Georgia EPD Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD, record ga0021385-20260921-624-friendship-rd-sylvania-ga-30467, published Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-04 08:30 UTC, first read from an archived posting · Read the original notice

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1. Reported wastewater outlet

Operator named in the record: Sylvania, City of (Sylvania WPCP) (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, GA0021385). Outlet: “624 Friendship Rd, Sylvania, Georgia, 30467”. 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 no water. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Buck Creek, GA. Match basis: the operator's listed receiving water; the report itself does not name the water.

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

Sep 21, 2026

Ended

not reported

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the day only

Reported to the source

not given

Published

Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT

Source last updated

Oct 21, 2026, 9:57 AM EDT

Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch

2026-11-04 08:30 UTC, first read from an archived posting

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

Not stated by the source

Material

not stated

Volume

“not yet determined (EPD: a zero or blank quantity means the amount has not been determined)” (not stated whether estimated or measured)

Volume as reported

“not yet determined (EPD: a zero or blank quantity means the amount has not been determined)”

Advice from Georgia Environmental Protection Division (Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD)

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

• Caution Buck Creek: Dated to the day only, no end reported: caution from the start of that day, Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT to Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT
• End not confirmed Buck Creek, Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT to Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT
• No current status shown Buck Creek: end not confirmed, no map colour, Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT to Dec 19, 2026, 11:00 PM EST (the end is scheduled: a new report can change it)

Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using this report and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC.

Source and versions

Source

Georgia EPD Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD

Source record number

ga0021385-20260921-624-friendship-rd-sylvania-ga-30467

Original notice

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Earlier version

None: this is the first record

Later versions

None

{
  "row": {
    "facility_name": "Sylvania, City of (Sylvania WPCP)",
    "begin_date": "2026-09-21",
    "county": "",
    "city": "",
    "overflow_location": "624 Friendship Rd, Sylvania, Georgia, 30467",
    "quantity_gallons": "",
    "overflow_type": "",
    "permit_number": "GA0021385",
    "spill_source": "",
    "cause": "Equipment Upgrades at Treatment Plant,",
    "river_basin": "",
    "waterway_impacted": "",
    "overflow_destination": "Spill Waters of the State"
  },
  "posting_date": "2026-10-21",
  "epd_spill_end_date": {
    "value": "2026-09-22",
    "posting": "2026-10-13",
    "note": "EPD's end date for the spill, day precision, given on this posting only; kept as given and not used as the record's end (a day gives no time the spill stopped)"
  }
}