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Sanitary sewer overflow: CITY OF GLOUCESTER, Mar 29, 2024

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

Source: CITY OF GLOUCESTER (MassDEP sewage notification portal) via MassDEP CSO API behind the portal (eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/dep/CSOAPI/api/), record 736b70ca-c789-4078-9c03-59a79899e65a, published Mar 29, 2024, 2:43 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 10:58 UTC · notice

1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by CITY OF GLOUCESTER (MA0100625). Location: no coordinates in the record or the outfall registry.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “Gloucester Inner Harbor”. Not placed on a tracked water.

3. Modeled downstream reach

Not modeled: the reach model runs on rivers above the head of tide only.

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

Mar 29, 2024, 1:35 AM EDT

Ended

ongoing, as last reported

Precision

Known to the minute

Reported to the source

not given

Published

Mar 29, 2024, 2:43 PM EDT

Source last updated

not given

We fetched it

2026-11-02 10:58 UTC

What and how much

Type

Sanitary sewer overflow

Status in the record

Ongoing (as reported)

Material

“SSO – Discharge Through Wastewater Outfall”

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

736b70ca-c789-4078-9c03-59a79899e65a

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": "24008661",
  "incidentDate": "2024-03-29T09:27:51",
  "incidentTime": "01:35",
  "amPm": null,
  "reporterClass": "Public Notification Report",
  "eventType": "SSO – Discharge Through Wastewater Outfall",
  "permiteeClass": "CSO",
  "permiteeName": "CITY OF GLOUCESTER",
  "permiteeId": "MA0100625",
  "outfallId": null,
  "municipality": "GLOUCESTER",
  "reportingType": "Initial-Ongoing",
  "location": "Other",
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "waterBody": "Other",
  "waterBodyDescription": "Gloucester Inner Harbor",
  "volumnOfEvent": "",
  "rainfallData": "",
  "hours": "",
  "minutes": "",
  "month": null,
  "year": null,
  "additionalInformation": null,
  "submittedDate": "2024-03-29T14:43:21.437",
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  "_tz_assumed": "America/New_York (portal gives local clock time without zone)",
  "_water": {
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      "Other (read waterBodyDescription (free text))"
    ]
  },
  "_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"
}