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Combined sewer overflow: LOWELL REGIONAL WASTEWATER UTILITY, Dec 30, 2024

Ongoing (as reported) · LOWELL REGIONAL WASTEWATER UTILITY (MassDEP sewage notification portal)

Source: LOWELL REGIONAL WASTEWATER UTILITY (MassDEP sewage notification portal) via MassDEP CSO API behind the portal (eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/dep/CSOAPI/api/), record a95f0ac1-01f0-437a-8df3-05e2f19f07c8, published Dec 30, 2024, 9:46 AM EST, retrieved 2026-11-02 10:58 UTC · notice

1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by LOWELL REGIONAL WASTEWATER UTILITY (MA0100633 outfall LOW020): “WARREN STREET”. Location: 42.64310, -71.30491, from the state's or EPA's outfall layer.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “CONCORD RIVER”. We place it on Concord 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

Dec 30, 2024, 8:10 AM EST

Ended

ongoing, as last reported

Precision

Known to the minute

Reported to the source

not given

Published

Dec 30, 2024, 9:46 AM EST

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

a95f0ac1-01f0-437a-8df3-05e2f19f07c8

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": "24011828",
  "incidentDate": "2024-12-30T14:18:52",
  "incidentTime": "08:10",
  "amPm": null,
  "reporterClass": "Public Notification Report",
  "eventType": "CSO – UnTreated",
  "permiteeClass": "CSO",
  "permiteeName": "LOWELL REGIONAL WASTEWATER UTILITY",
  "permiteeId": "MA0100633",
  "outfallId": "LOW020",
  "municipality": "LOWELL",
  "reportingType": "Initial-Ongoing",
  "location": "WARREN STREET",
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "waterBody": "CONCORD RIVER",
  "waterBodyDescription": null,
  "volumnOfEvent": "",
  "rainfallData": "",
  "hours": "",
  "minutes": "",
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  "submittedDate": "2024-12-30T09:46:02.083",
  "parentIncidentId": null,
  "_report_class": "Public Notification Report",
  "_tz_assumed": "America/New_York (portal gives local clock time without zone)",
  "_coords": "MassDEP CSOs layer DEP_OUTFL_ LOW020 (locations are estimates)",
  "_water": {
    "via": "crosswalk on portal waterbody",
    "text": "CONCORD 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"
}