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Bypass: Narragansett Bay Commission - Bucklin Point WWTF and associated CSOs, Feb 14, 2024

Ended (as reported) · EPA ECHO (reported to regulators)

Source: EPA ECHO (reported to regulators) via ri-echo-dfr, record 3674298044, published Oct 30, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC · notice

1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by Narragansett Bay Commission - Bucklin Point WWTF and associated CSOs (RI0100072). Location: no coordinates in the record or the outfall registry.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “Blackstone River, Seekonk River, Moshassuck River, Bucklin Brook”. We place it on Seekonk River, RI. Inferred (for example from the discharger's receiving water); the source does not name the water.

3. Modeled downstream reach

No modeled reach for this record in this build.

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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

Feb 14, 2024

Ended

not reported

Precision

Known to the day only

Reported to the source

not given

Published

Oct 30, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT

Source last updated

Oct 30, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT

We fetched it

2026-11-02 11:55 UTC

What and how much

Type

Bypass

Status in the record

Ended (as reported)

Material

not stated

Volume

not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)

Volume in the source's words

none

Advice

The record carries no advice text from EPA ECHO (reported to regulators).

Advice window

not stated in the record; the state's window on the methods page applies

Basis

not stated

What it does to the map, over time

• Caution Seekonk River: Discharge record with no status and no reported end, Feb 14, 2024, 12:00 AM EST to Nov 12, 2026, 11:00 PM EST
• Unresolved: no end reported Seekonk River: Unresolved: no end reported, Nov 12, 2026, 11:00 PM EST to Nov 28, 2026, 11:00 PM EST

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

ri-echo-dfr

Record id at the source

3674298044

Original notice

https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=RI0100072

Revision of

none (first record)

Revised by

no later revision

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  "SourceID": "RI0100072",
  "ViolationDesc": "Dry-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangerment",
  "NPDESViolationId": "3674298044",
  "Agency": "State",
  "quarters": [
    {
      "quarter": 3,
      "start": "01/01/2024",
      "end": "03/31/2024",
      "value": "02/14/2024",
      "status": null
    }
  ],
  "icis_extract_date": "10/30/2026",
  "weather": "dry",
  "reached_water": true,
  "note": "appeared in EPA ECHO; not a public notice",
  "published_at_basis": "ICIS-NPDES extract date of the first ECHO pull that contained this record",
  "end_note": "ECHO gives one date; the end is not stated",
  "water_basis": "bypass at the treatment plant; plant receiving water: treated-effluent outfall(s) 003 in data/outfalls-ne.json",
  "continues_next_quarter": false
}