Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — City of Flint, Oct 23, 2026
Ongoing (as reported) · Michigan EGLE (MiEnviro CSO/SSO List)
Source: Michigan EGLE (MiEnviro CSO/SSO List) via EGLE MiEnviro CSO/SSO List, record -681089360150891755-2, reported Oct 23, 2026, 11:29 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-05 01:07 UTC · Read the original notice
Current status from this report
End not confirmed on Flint River. Current rule period ends Nov 22, 2026, 10:00 AM EST. This is not a water-quality test.
Why this status: End not confirmed: DirtyWaterWatch rule for missing end times.
Why we use this rule: From day 7 to day 30, the map marks the end as unconfirmed. After day 30, the record remains flagged on its report and water pages.
A report is not a test of the water. See how we assign statuses.
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1. Reported wastewater outlet
Operator named in the record: City of Flint (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, 3112a-0395). Outlet: not stated. Location: not given in the report or in the outlet records.
Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.
2. Waters named in the notice
The notice names no water. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Flint River, MI. Match basis: the operator's listed receiving water; the report itself does not name the water.
3. Estimated downstream stretch
No downstream estimate is available for this report.
Map sources: water outlines and launches from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License); wastewater outlets from EPA and state records; downstream estimates by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey maps and flow data. Base map: OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.
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
- Ended
- ongoing, as last reported
- Detail provided by the source
- Times known to the minute
- Reported to the source
- Published
- not given
- Source last updated
- not given
- Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch
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
- Ongoing (as reported)
- Material
- “Raw Sewage”
- Volume
- volume not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)
- Volume as reported
- none
Advice from Michigan EGLE (MiEnviro CSO/SSO List)
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
Status history from this report
- Discharge or advisory reported Flint River: Discharge reported ongoing, Oct 23, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT to Oct 30, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT
- End not confirmed Flint River, Oct 30, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT to Nov 22, 2026, 10:00 AM EST (the end is scheduled: a new report can change it)
- No current status shown Flint River: end not confirmed, no map colour, Nov 22, 2026, 10:00 AM EST to Jan 21, 2027, 10:00 AM EST (scheduled: a new report can change it)
Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using this report and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC.
Source and versions
- Source
- EGLE MiEnviro CSO/SSO List
- Source record number
- -681089360150891755-2
- Original notice
- Read the original notice
- Earlier version
- None: this is the first record
- Later versions
- None
Record details
| Record identifier | mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list:-681089360150891755-2 |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | mi-egle-mienviro-cso-sso-list |
| Source record number | -681089360150891755-2 |
| Earlier version | Not provided |
| Type | Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) |
| Status in the report | Ongoing (as reported) |
| Sewer operator identifier | mi-flint |
| Sewer operator | City of Flint |
| Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES) | 3112a-0395 |
| Outlet number | Not provided |
| Outlet name | Not provided |
| Water named in the report | Not provided |
| Linked waters | flint-river-mi |
| How this report was linked to the water | the operator's listed receiving water; the report itself does not name the water |
| Latitude | Not provided |
| Longitude | Not provided |
| Location source | Not provided |
| Location accuracy, in metres | Not provided |
| Started | Oct 23, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT (2026-10-23T11:00:00-04:00) |
| Ended | Not provided |
| Detail provided by the source | to the minute |
| Reported to the source | Oct 23, 2026, 11:29 AM EDT (2026-10-23T11:29:31-04:00) |
| Published | Not provided |
| Source last updated | Not provided |
| Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch | Nov 4, 2026, 8:07 PM EST (2026-11-05T01:07:31Z) |
| Material | Raw Sewage |
| Volume, in gallons | Not provided |
| Volume as reported | Not provided |
| How volume was determined | not stated whether estimated or measured |
| Authority | Michigan EGLE (MiEnviro CSO/SSO List) |
| Advice | Not provided |
| Advice period, in hours | Not provided |
| Basis of the advice period | Not provided |
| Original notice | https://mienviro.michigan.gov/ncore/ss/ssolist?queryParams=%7B%22filter%22%3A%5B%7B%22submissionId%22%3A%22-681089360150891755%22%7D%5D%2C%22top%22%3A50%7D |
Original source data
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