Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Asheboro Collection System, Aug 24, 2026
Ended (as reported) · NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (Sanitary Sewer Overflow Tracking Map)
Source: NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (Sanitary Sewer Overflow Tracking Map) via NC DEQ DWR "SSOs and Bypasses" ArcGIS layer, record e54f3309-d4b2-4bb4-ba7b-b2f11a5ca34b, reported Aug 25, 2026, 8:24 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-05 01:08 UTC · Read the original notice
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1. Reported wastewater outlet
Operator named in the record: Asheboro Collection System (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, WQCS00025). Outlet: “665 Hawthorne Dr, Asheboro, North Carolina, 27205”. Location: 35.66788, -79.81009; 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: “Vestal Creek”. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Vestal Creek, NC. Match basis: the water named in the report.
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
- 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
- Ended (as reported)
- Material
- “untreated wastewater”
- Volume
- 1,240 gallons (estimated)
- Volume as reported
- “1,240 gallons estimated; 900 gallons reached surface water”
Advice from NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (Sanitary Sewer Overflow Tracking 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
Status history from this report
- Discharge or advisory reported Vestal Creek: Discharge reported ongoing, Aug 24, 2026, 11:10 AM EDT to Aug 24, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT
- Caution Vestal Creek: Within the caution period after the reported end, Aug 24, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT to Aug 27, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT
Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using this report and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC.
Source and versions
- Source
- NC DEQ DWR "SSOs and Bypasses" ArcGIS layer
- Source record number
- e54f3309-d4b2-4bb4-ba7b-b2f11a5ca34b
- Original notice
- Read the original notice
- Earlier version
- None: this is the first record
- Later versions
- None
Record details
| Record identifier | nc-dwr-sso-2026:e54f3309-d4b2-4bb4-ba7b-b2f11a5ca34b |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | nc-dwr-sso-2026 |
| Source record number | e54f3309-d4b2-4bb4-ba7b-b2f11a5ca34b |
| Earlier version | Not provided |
| Type | Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) |
| Status in the report | Ended (as reported) |
| Sewer operator identifier | nc-asheboro |
| Sewer operator | Asheboro Collection System |
| Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES) | WQCS00025 |
| Outlet number | Not provided |
| Outlet name | 665 Hawthorne Dr, Asheboro, North Carolina, 27205 |
| Water named in the report | Vestal Creek |
| Linked waters | vestal-creek-nc |
| How this report was linked to the water | the water named in the report |
| Latitude | 35.668 |
| Longitude | -79.81 |
| Location source | given in the source record |
| Location accuracy, in metres | Not provided |
| Started | Aug 24, 2026, 11:10 AM EDT (2026-08-24T11:10:00-04:00) |
| Ended | Aug 24, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT (2026-08-24T13:45:00-04:00) |
| Detail provided by the source | to the minute |
| Reported to the source | Aug 25, 2026, 8:24 AM EDT (2026-08-25T08:24:00-04:00) |
| Published | Not provided |
| Source last updated | Not provided |
| Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch | Nov 4, 2026, 8:08 PM EST (2026-11-05T01:08:23Z) |
| Material | untreated wastewater |
| Volume, in gallons | 1,240 |
| Volume as reported | 1,240 gallons estimated; 900 gallons reached surface water |
| How volume was determined | estimated |
| Authority | NC DEQ Division of Water Resources (Sanitary Sewer Overflow Tracking Map) |
| Advice | Not provided |
| Advice period, in hours | Not provided |
| Basis of the advice period | Not provided |
| Original notice | https://services2.arcgis.com/kCu40SDxsCGcuUWO/arcgis/rest/services/Sanitary_Sewer_Overflows_since_Jan_2026/FeatureServer/0/query?where=globalid%3D%27e54f3309-d4b2-4bb4-ba7b-b2f11a5ca34b%27&outFields=*&f=json |
Original source data
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