Rhode Island / Events /
Bypass: Narragansett Bay Commission - Bucklin Point WWTF and associated CSOs, Mar 23, 2026
Ended (as reported) · EPA ECHO (reported to regulators)
Source: EPA ECHO (reported to regulators) via ri-echo-dfr, record 3687360434, published Oct 30, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC · notice
Caution on Seekonk River: Discharge record with no status and no reported end, until Nov 12, 2026, 11:00 PM EST unless a new report changes it.
Why this colour: Caution: site default, 72 hours after the discharge ended. Rationale: Partially treated or untreated flow around a plant. (source: research/science/report.md 2.8) How long a water stays coloured, and why
A report is not a test of the water. See how statuses are worked out.
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.
Source: water outlines from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); outfalls from EPA ECHO and the state outfall layers; modeled reaches computed by DirtyWaterWatch from USGS NLDI, NHDPlus and the nearest USGS gauge (Jobson 1996); basemap OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.
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
- Ended
- not reported
- Precision
- Known to the day only
- Reported to the source
- not given
- Published
- Source last updated
- We fetched it
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, Mar 23, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT 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
- 3687360434
- Original notice
- https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=RI0100072
- Revision of
- none (first record)
- Revised by
- no later revision
Every field of the record
event_id | ri-echo-dfr:3687360434 |
|---|---|
source_id | ri-echo-dfr |
source_record_id | 3687360434 |
parent_event_id | null |
event_type | bypass |
status | ended |
discharger_id | ri-nbc-bucklin-point |
discharger_name | Narragansett Bay Commission - Bucklin Point WWTF and associated CSOs |
npdes_permit | RI0100072 |
outfall_id | null |
outfall_name | null |
waterbody_text | Blackstone River, Seekonk River, Moshassuck River, Bucklin Brook |
water_slugs | ["seekonk-river-ri"] |
water_match | inferred |
lat | null |
lon | null |
coord_source | null |
coord_precision_m | null |
started_at | 2026-03-23T00:00:00-04:00 |
ended_at | null |
time_precision | day |
reported_at | null |
published_at | 2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00 |
source_updated_at | 2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00 |
fetched_at | 2026-11-02T11:55:05Z |
material | null |
volume_gal | null |
volume_text | null |
estimate_flag | unknown |
authority | EPA ECHO (reported to regulators) |
advice_text | null |
advice_window_hours | null |
advice_window_basis | null |
source_url | https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=RI0100072 |
parse_error | null |
fixture | false |
file | events/ri-echo-dfr~3A3687360434.json |
duplicate_of | null |
placement_note | null |
unplaced_reason | null |
set_aside | null |
superseded | null |
reach | null |
reach_band | null |
The source's record (raw)
{
"SourceID": "RI0100072",
"ViolationDesc": "Dry-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangerment",
"NPDESViolationId": "3687360434",
"Agency": "State",
"quarters": [
{
"quarter": 11,
"start": "01/01/2026",
"end": "03/31/2026",
"value": "03/23/2026",
"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
} Source: EPA ECHO (reported to regulators) via ri-echo-dfr, record 3687360434, published Oct 30, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC · notice
Personal fields (names, emails, phone numbers of staff) are removed from raw records before they are stored.