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Treatment bypass reported — Mayor and Council of Myersville, May 21, 2026

Ended (as reported) · Mayor and Council of Myersville

Source: Mayor and Council of Myersville via MDE Reported Sewer Overflows (New for 2023), Maryland Open Data Portal (Socrata stgj-u72u), record md0020699-20260521T2100-2868-milt-summers-rd, updated by the source Nov 2, 2026, 10:55 AM EST, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:31 UTC · Read the original notice

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1. Reported wastewater outlet

Operator named in the record: Mayor and Council of Myersville (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, MD0020699). Outlet: “2868 Milt Summers Road”. Location: 39.49390, -77.57100; 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: “Grindstone Run”. 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

May 21, 2026, 9:00 PM EDT

Ended

Jun 2, 2026, 6:25 AM EDT

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the minute

Reported to the source

not given

Published

not given

Source last updated

Nov 2, 2026, 10:55 AM EST

Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch

2026-11-03 02:31 UTC

What and how much

Type

Treatment bypass: wastewater skips one or more treatment steps.

Status in the record

Ended (as reported)

Material

not stated

Volume

2.85 million gallons (not stated whether estimated or measured)

Volume as reported

“2846700 gallons”

Advice from Mayor and Council of Myersville

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

MDE Reported Sewer Overflows (New for 2023), Maryland Open Data Portal (Socrata stgj-u72u)

Source record number

md0020699-20260521T2100-2868-milt-summers-rd

Original notice

Read the original notice

Earlier version

None: this is the first record

Later versions

None

{
  "row": {
    "overflow_type": "Bypass",
    "facility_collection_system": "MYERSVILLE WWTP",
    "npdes_no": "MD0020699",
    "start_date": "05/21/2026",
    "start_time": "21:00:00",
    "duration_day": "11",
    "duration_hour": "9",
    "duration_minute": "25",
    "overflow_address": "2868 Milt Summers Road",
    "zip": "21769",
    "owner_name": "Mayor and Council of Myersville",
    "discharge_volume": "2846700",
    "overflow_cause": "Rainfall event causing flows over filter design capacity.  A partial bypass of some flow is needed to inhibit continual backwashing of the filters, which does not allow any flow to leave the facility.",
    "receiving_water": "Grindstone Run",
    "county": "Frederick",
    "penalty_id": "",
    "overflow_latitude": "39.4939",
    "overflow_longitude": "-77.5710",
    "id": "386"
  },
  "_ended_at_basis": "start + duration_day/hour/minute",
  "_coords": "as given",
  "_water": {
    "why_none": "no Maryland water record matched the name"
  },
  "_discharger_basis": "permit/system id MD0020699",
  "_first_seen_at": "2026-11-03T02:28:49Z"
}