Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water & Sewer Commission (Academy Creek WPCP), Oct 5, 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 ga0025313-20261005-lift-station-4002-1309-reynolds-st-brunswick-ga-brunswick, published Nov 2, 2026, 12:00 AM EST, retrieved 2026-11-05 01:06 UTC · Read the original notice
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1. Reported wastewater outlet
Operator named in the record: Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water & Sewer Commission (Academy Creek WPCP) (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, GA0025313). Outlet: “Lift Station 4002 - 1309 Reynolds Street, Brunswick GA Brunswick”. Location: 31.14728, -81.49347; location source: geocoded from an address or place name.
Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.
2. Waters named in the notice
The notice names: “Dunbar Creek”. Not linked to a mapped water. Name match too far (11.4 km; limit 7.4 km: the stream record's extent (5.4 km) plus 2 km).
3. Estimated downstream stretch
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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
- not reported
- Detail provided by the source
- Times known to the day only
- Reported to the source
- not given
- 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
- Not stated by the source
- Material
- not stated
- Volume
- 15,827 gallons (not stated whether estimated or measured)
- Volume as reported
- “15,827 gallons”
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
Source and versions
- Source
- Georgia EPD Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD
- Source record number
- ga0025313-20261005-lift-station-4002-1309-reynolds-st-brunswick-ga-brunswick
- Original notice
- Read the original notice
- Earlier version
- None: this is the first record
- Later versions
- None
Record details
| Record identifier | ga-epd-spills:ga0025313-20261005-lift-station-4002-1309-reynolds-st-brunswick-ga-brunswick |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | ga-epd-spills |
| Source record number | ga0025313-20261005-lift-station-4002-1309-reynolds-st-brunswick-ga-brunswick |
| Earlier version | Not provided |
| Type | Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) |
| Status in the report | Not stated by the source |
| Sewer operator identifier | ga-ga0025313 |
| Sewer operator | Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water & Sewer Commission (Academy Creek WPCP) |
| Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES) | GA0025313 |
| Outlet number | Not provided |
| Outlet name | Lift Station 4002 - 1309 Reynolds Street, Brunswick GA Brunswick |
| Water named in the report | Dunbar Creek |
| Linked waters | Not provided |
| How this report was linked to the water | not linked to a mapped water |
| Latitude | 31.147 |
| Longitude | -81.493 |
| Location source | geocoded from an address or place name |
| Location accuracy, in metres | Not provided |
| Started | Oct 5, 2026 (2026-10-05) |
| Ended | Not provided |
| Detail provided by the source | to the day only |
| Reported to the source | Not provided |
| Published | Nov 2, 2026 (2026-11-02) |
| Source last updated | Nov 4, 2026 (2026-11-04T13:17:01Z) |
| Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch | Nov 4, 2026, 8:06 PM EST (2026-11-05T01:06:43Z) |
| Material | Not provided |
| Volume, in gallons | 15,827 |
| Volume as reported | 15,827 gallons |
| How volume was determined | not stated whether estimated or measured |
| Authority | Georgia Environmental Protection Division (Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD) |
| Advice | Not provided |
| Advice period, in hours | Not provided |
| Basis of the advice period | Not provided |
| Original notice | https://epd.georgia.gov/document/document/sewagespillsreport20261104/download |
Original source data
{
"row": {
"facility_name": "Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water & Sewer Commission (Academy Creek WPCP)",
"begin_date": "2026-10-05",
"county": "Glynn",
"city": "Brunswick",
"overflow_location": "Lift Station 4002 - 1309 Reynolds Street, Brunswick GA Brunswick",
"quantity_gallons": "15827",
"overflow_type": "",
"permit_number": "GA0025313",
"spill_source": "Lift Station",
"cause": "",
"river_basin": "",
"waterway_impacted": "Dunbar Creek",
"overflow_destination": ""
},
"posting_date": "2026-11-04"
} Staff names, email addresses and phone numbers are removed from source data before it is stored.