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Sanitary sewer overflow: Bristol Wastewater Treatment Facility (Town of Bristol), Sep 13, 2026

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

Source: EPA ECHO (reported to regulators) via ri-echo-dfr, record 3690537796, published Oct 30, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC · notice

1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by Bristol Wastewater Treatment Facility (Town of Bristol) (RI0100005). Location: no coordinates in the record or the outfall registry.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names no water. Not placed on a tracked water.

3. Modeled downstream reach

Not modeled: the reach model runs on rivers above the head of tide only.

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

Sep 13, 2026

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

Sanitary sewer overflow

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

Source and revisions

Source

ri-echo-dfr

Record id at the source

3690537796

Original notice

https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=RI0100005

Revision of

none (first record)

Revised by

no later revision

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  "SourceID": "RISS00018",
  "ViolationDesc": "Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment",
  "NPDESViolationId": "3690537796",
  "Agency": "State",
  "quarters": [
    {
      "quarter": 13,
      "start": "07/01/2026",
      "end": "10/30/2026",
      "value": "09/13/2026",
      "status": null
    }
  ],
  "icis_extract_date": "10/30/2026",
  "weather": "wet",
  "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": "location not given by ECHO (sewer system); discharger's waters: Bristol Harbor (Narragansett Bay), Mount Hope Bay (pump station overflows), Kickemuit River (historic)",
  "continues_next_quarter": false
}