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Combined sewer overflow: LYNN WATER & SEWER COMMISSION, Oct 12, 2025

Ongoing (as reported) · LYNN WATER & SEWER COMMISSION (MassDEP sewage notification portal)

Source: LYNN WATER & SEWER COMMISSION (MassDEP sewage notification portal) via MassDEP CSO API behind the portal (eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/dep/CSOAPI/api/), record 192abe1e-d232-49a5-baed-9cf48bdac314, published Oct 13, 2025, 1:28 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 10:58 UTC · notice

1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by LYNN WATER & SEWER COMMISSION (MA0100552 outfall LYNN003): “SUMMER STREET@SAUGUS RIVER”. Location: 42.45786, -70.97523, from the state's or EPA's outfall layer.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “SAUGUS RIVER”. We place it on Saugus River, MA. Matched by the name of the water in the source record.

3. Modeled downstream reach

No modeled reach for this record in this build.

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When: three different times

The time of the event, the time the source reported, published or updated it, and the time we fetched it are kept apart. Times are shown in New England time; the record keeps the original offsets.

Started

Oct 12, 2025, 8:25 PM EDT

Ended

ongoing, as last reported

Precision

Known to the minute

Reported to the source

not given

Published

Oct 13, 2025, 1:28 PM EDT

Source last updated

not given

We fetched it

2026-11-02 10:58 UTC

What and how much

Type

Combined sewer overflow

Status in the record

Ongoing (as reported)

Material

“CSO – UnTreated”

Volume

not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)

Volume in the source's words

none

Advice

“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 window

48 hours

Basis

314 CMR 16.04(10)(g)

Source and revisions

Source

MassDEP CSO API behind the portal (eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/dep/CSOAPI/api/)

Record id at the source

192abe1e-d232-49a5-baed-9cf48bdac314

Original notice

https://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/portal/dep/cso-data-portal/detail…

Revision of

none (first record)

Revised by

no later revision

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  "incidentNumber": "25014730",
  "incidentDate": "2025-10-12T17:27:50",
  "incidentTime": "20:25",
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  "reporterClass": "Public Notification Report",
  "eventType": "CSO – UnTreated",
  "permiteeClass": "CSO",
  "permiteeName": "LYNN WATER & SEWER COMMISSION",
  "permiteeId": "MA0100552",
  "outfallId": "LYNN003",
  "municipality": "LYNN",
  "reportingType": "Initial-Ongoing",
  "location": "SUMMER STREET@SAUGUS RIVER",
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  "_tz_assumed": "America/New_York (portal gives local clock time without zone)",
  "_coords": "MassDEP CSOs layer DEP_OUTFL_ LYNN003 (locations are estimates)",
  "_water": {
    "via": "crosswalk on portal waterbody",
    "text": "SAUGUS RIVER",
    "confidence": "high"
  },
  "_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"
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