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Combined sewer overflow: CITY OF NEW BEDFORD, Sep 26, 2026

Ended (as reported) · CITY OF NEW BEDFORD (MassDEP sewage notification portal)

Source: CITY OF NEW BEDFORD (MassDEP sewage notification portal) via MassDEP CSO API behind the portal (eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/dep/CSOAPI/api/), record cb4ffaa4-d850-4600-b1f2-b92548430f09, published Sep 26, 2026, 10:24 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 10:58 UTC · notice

1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by CITY OF NEW BEDFORD (MA0100781 outfall NEW003): “COVE RD & PADNARAM AVE”. Location: 41.61243, -70.93039, from the state's or EPA's outfall layer.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “CLARK COVE”. We place it on Clarks Cove, MA. Matched by the name of the water in the source record.

3. Modeled downstream reach

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

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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

Sep 26, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT

Ended

Sep 27, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT

Precision

Known to the minute

Reported to the source

not given

Published

Sep 26, 2026, 10:24 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

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

• Advisory in effect Clarks Cove: Discharge in progress, Sep 26, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT to Sep 27, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT
• Advisory in effect Clarks Cove: Within the authority's advice window after the discharge ended, Sep 27, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT to Sep 29, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT
• Caution Clarks Cove: Within the site's caution window after the discharge ended (data/rules.json), Sep 29, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT to Sep 30, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT

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

cb4ffaa4-d850-4600-b1f2-b92548430f09

Original notice

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

Revision of

ma-massdep:17740f8c-6a08-4af7-ab3c-171266613ba6

Revised by

no later revision

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  "incidentNumber": "26017576",
  "incidentDate": "2026-09-26T00:00:00",
  "incidentTime": "10:00",
  "amPm": null,
  "reporterClass": "Public Notification Report",
  "eventType": "CSO – UnTreated",
  "permiteeClass": "CSO",
  "permiteeName": "CITY OF NEW BEDFORD",
  "permiteeId": "MA0100781",
  "outfallId": "NEW003",
  "municipality": "NEW BEDFORD",
  "reportingType": "Initial-Ceased",
  "location": "COVE RD & PADNARAM AVE",
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "waterBody": "CLARK COVE",
  "waterBodyDescription": null,
  "volumnOfEvent": "",
  "rainfallData": "",
  "hours": "",
  "minutes": "",
  "month": null,
  "year": null,
  "additionalInformation": null,
  "submittedDate": "2026-09-26T22:24:36.183",
  "parentIncidentId": null,
  "_report_class": "Public Notification Report",
  "_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_ NEW003 (locations are estimates)",
  "_water": {
    "via": "crosswalk on portal waterbody",
    "text": "CLARK COVE",
    "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",
  "_link_basis": "start lies inside the verified discharge period of Verified Data Report 26017790 at the same outfall",
  "_ended_at_basis": "end of the verified period of 26017790 that covers this notice"
}