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Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Jul 31, 2026

Ended (as reported) · Baltimore City Department of Public Works (Sewer Overflow Map)

Source: Baltimore City Department of Public Works (Sewer Overflow Map) via Baltimore City DPW Sewer Overflow Map (SSO_Points2 map service), record 23424, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:30 UTC · Read the original notice

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1. Reported wastewater outlet

Operator named in the record: Baltimore City Department of Public Works. Outlet: “1500 Washington Blvd”. Location: 39.27720, -76.65200; location source: given in the source record.

Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “Gwynns Falls”. Not linked to a mapped water.

3. Estimated downstream stretch

We estimate routes only on rivers before they become tidal. We do not estimate routes through tidal water or lakes.

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When it happened and when it was reported

Event and notice times use Eastern Time (EST or EDT). Retrieval times use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Started

Jul 31, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT

Ended

Aug 7, 2026, 11:15 AM EDT

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the minute

Reported to the source

not given

Published

not given

Source last updated

not given

Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch

2026-11-03 02:30 UTC

What and how much

Type

Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater.

Status in the record

Ended (as reported)

Material

not stated

Volume

811,350 gallons (estimated)

Volume as reported

“811,350 gallons (EST_VOLUME)”

Advice from Baltimore City Department of Public Works (Sewer Overflow Map)

This report includes no advice. Check current local health notices.

Advice period

This report does not state a period. See the rule DirtyWaterWatch applies and its source.

Basis

not stated

Source and versions

Source

Baltimore City DPW Sewer Overflow Map (SSO_Points2 map service)

Source record number

23424

Original notice

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Earlier version

None: this is the first record

Later versions

None

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  "OBJECTID": 23424,
  "SSO_DATE": 1785486600000,
  "LOCATION": "1500 Washington Blvd",
  "EST_VOLUME": 811350.00000037,
  "EST_FLOW": 79.19472914,
  "STATUS": "5DAY",
  "REC_WATERS": "GWYN",
  "WATERSHED": 2130905,
  "START_DATETIME": 1785486600000,
  "END_DATETIME": 1786101300000,
  "RESPONSIBILITY": "DPW",
  "Latitude": 39.27719999,
  "Longitude": -76.65200428,
  "SITE_TYPE": "Standard",
  "SENSITIVE_AREA": 1,
  "WAIVER_REQUESTED": null,
  "WAIVER_GRANTED": null,
  "WAIVER_REASON": null,
  "PENALTY": null,
  "WAIVER_CLOSED": null,
  "WAIVER_DENIED": null,
  "ENTER_STORM": 0,
  "CLEANUP_REQ": 1,
  "STIPULATED_PENALTY_WAIVED": null,
  "STIPULATED_PENALTY_ASSESSED": null,
  "COMMENT_RELIEF_REQUEST_TYPE": null,
  "ANNUAL_ADJUSTMENT": null,
  "_decoded_times": {
    "SSO_DATE": "2026-07-31T08:30:00-04:00",
    "START_DATETIME": "2026-07-31T08:30:00-04:00",
    "END_DATETIME": "2026-08-07T11:15:00-04:00"
  },
  "_time_basis": "The layer stores local wall-clock time as if it were UTC: each epoch value is read as UTC and the wall-clock time labelled America/New_York.",
  "_status_name": "5 Day Report Submitted",
  "_water": {
    "why_none": "no Maryland water record named 'Gwynns Falls' near the point"
  },
  "_watershed_name": "Gwynns Falls",
  "_responsibility": "DPW",
  "_first_seen_at": "2026-11-03T02:25:53Z",
  "_status_seen": [
    {
      "status": "5DAY",
      "first_seen_at": "2026-11-03T02:25:53Z"
    }
  ],
  "_volume_seen": [
    {
      "gallons": 811350,
      "first_seen_at": "2026-11-03T02:25:53Z"
    }
  ]
}