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Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — CITY OF FITCHBURG, Dec 23, 2022

Ongoing (as reported) · CITY OF FITCHBURG (MassDEP sewage notification portal)

Source: CITY OF FITCHBURG (MassDEP sewage notification portal) via MassDEP CSO API behind the portal, record 0689af52-862a-4b61-bd01-2105c4fad1b9, published Dec 23, 2022, 8:29 AM EST, retrieved 2026-11-02 10:58 UTC · Read the original notice

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1. Reported wastewater outlet

Operator named in the record: CITY OF FITCHBURG (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, MA0100986). 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: “Other”. Not linked to a mapped water.

3. Estimated downstream stretch

We estimate routes only on rivers before they become tidal. We do not estimate routes through tidal water or lakes.

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

Dec 23, 2022, 4:06 AM EST

Ended

ongoing, as last reported

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the minute

Reported to the source

not given

Published

Dec 23, 2022, 8:29 AM EST

Source last updated

not given

Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch

2026-11-02 10:58 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

Ongoing (as reported)

Material

“SSO – Discharge Through Wastewater Outfall”

Volume

volume not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)

Volume as reported

none

Advice from CITY OF FITCHBURG (MassDEP sewage notification portal)

“Avoid contact with these water bodies for 48 hours after the discharge or overflow ceases due to increased health risks from bacteria and other pollutants. See website for more information on whether specific resource areas, such as bathing beaches, are affected.”

Advice period

48 hours

Basis

314 CMR 16.04(10)(g)

Source and versions

Source

MassDEP CSO API behind the portal

Source record number

0689af52-862a-4b61-bd01-2105c4fad1b9

Original notice

Read the original notice

Earlier version

None: this is the first record

Later versions

None

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  "incidentId": "0689af52-862a-4b61-bd01-2105c4fad1b9",
  "incidentNumber": "22001840",
  "incidentDate": "2022-12-23T07:40:41",
  "incidentTime": "04:06",
  "amPm": null,
  "reporterClass": "Public Notification Report",
  "eventType": "SSO – Discharge Through Wastewater Outfall",
  "permiteeClass": "CSO",
  "permiteeName": "CITY OF FITCHBURG",
  "permiteeId": "MA0100986",
  "outfallId": null,
  "municipality": "FITCHBURG",
  "reportingType": "Initial-Ongoing",
  "location": "Other",
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "waterBody": "Other",
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  "volumnOfEvent": "",
  "rainfallData": "",
  "hours": "",
  "minutes": "",
  "month": null,
  "year": null,
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  "submittedDate": "2022-12-23T08:29:11.607",
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  "_tz_assumed": "America/New_York (portal gives local clock time without zone)",
  "_water": {
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  },
  "_advice_source": "required wording of 314 CMR 16.04(10)(g); the permittee's own advisory is only in an attachment the portal will not serve"
}