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Combined sewer overflow: CITY OF FALL RIVER, Oct 11, 2026

Ended (as reported) · CITY OF FALL RIVER (MassDEP sewage notification portal)

Source: CITY OF FALL RIVER (MassDEP sewage notification portal) via MassDEP CSO API behind the portal (eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/dep/CSOAPI/api/), record accea0c7-d940-450d-84ca-c4af0e885928, published Oct 12, 2026, 7:31 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:54 UTC · notice

1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by CITY OF FALL RIVER (MA0100382 outfall FAL008): “FERRY ST”. Location: 41.70143, -71.17056, from the state's or EPA's outfall layer.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “MOUNT HOPE BAY”. We place it on Taunton River, MA. Matched by the outfall's ID in the outfall registry, which places each outfall on a water.

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 11, 2026, 7:07 PM EDT

Ended

not reported

Precision

Known to the minute

Reported to the source

not given

Published

Oct 12, 2026, 7:31 AM EDT

Source last updated

not given

We fetched it

2026-11-02 11:54 UTC

What and how much

Type

Combined sewer overflow

Status in the record

Ended (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)

What it does to the map, over time

• Caution Taunton River: Discharge record with no status and no reported end, Oct 11, 2026, 7:07 PM EDT to Oct 26, 2026, 7:31 AM EDT
• Unresolved: no end reported Taunton River: Unresolved: no end reported, Oct 26, 2026, 7:31 AM EDT to Nov 11, 2026, 6:31 AM EST
• No current report Taunton River: Unresolved: no end reported (off the map after 30 days), Nov 11, 2026, 6:31 AM EST to Jan 9, 2027, 6:07 PM EST

Source: intervals computed by DirtyWaterWatch (build/status.py) from this record and the rules on the methods page, as of 2026-11-02 11:56 UTC.

Source and revisions

Source

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

Record id at the source

accea0c7-d940-450d-84ca-c4af0e885928

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": "26017744",
  "incidentDate": "2026-10-11T00:00:00",
  "incidentTime": "19:07",
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  "reporterClass": "Public Notification Report",
  "eventType": "CSO – UnTreated",
  "permiteeClass": "CSO",
  "permiteeName": "CITY OF FALL RIVER",
  "permiteeId": "MA0100382",
  "outfallId": "FAL008",
  "municipality": "FALL RIVER",
  "reportingType": "Initial-Ceased",
  "location": "FERRY ST",
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "waterBody": "MOUNT HOPE BAY",
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  "_tz_assumed": "America/New_York (portal gives local clock time without zone)",
  "_ended_note": "reported ceased; the portal gives no cessation time",
  "_coords": "MassDEP CSOs layer DEP_OUTFL_ FAL008 (locations are estimates)",
  "_water": {
    "via": "ECHO outfall registry (data/outfalls-ne.json)",
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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"
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