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East Channel

Bay in New York, near Manhattan and Queens

Current status

Discharge likely: heavy rain, no report received

Radar shows that recent rain at a combined sewer system's outlets has reached the amount set for that system, and its operator has not reported a discharge. It reads "discharge likely" where the amount is the one at which that system has discharged before, or a rain trigger its state publishes, and "discharge possible" where only this site's default of 0.1 inch applies. This is an estimate, not a report. This status since . Why this status, and its source

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.

Solid dots mark combined sewer outfalls. Grey dots are closed outfalls. A yellow ring with a dashed edge means discharge likely or possible: heavy rain, no report received.

Rain expected: 1.13 in forecast in the next 24 hours (NWS forecast issued Nov 5, 2026, 9:34 PM EST); discharges here have begun at 0.1 in. A forecast, not a report.

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About this status

Discharge likely: heavy rain, no report received: heavy rain at a sewer operator's outlets and no report received; shown for 48 hours after the rain (site rule). 16.5 in of rain fell in the 24 hours to Nov 6, 2026, 3:00 AM EST at New York City Department of Environmental Protection (12 WRRF CSO permits)'s outfalls (NOAA radar estimate).

Source: NOAA National Weather Service, MRMS radar-only rainfall estimate, valid Nov 6, 2026, 3:00 AM EST, retrieved 2026-11-06 08:57 UTC; threshold: state trigger, 6 NYCRR 750-2.7(b)(2)(iii); New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Waterbody Advisory System; rule: How it works, discharge likely or possible. · Updated

The last 90 days

Last 90 days, hour by hour. Red: discharge or advisory reported. Amber: caution. Hatched amber: end not confirmed. Plum: algal bloom advisory. Red or amber with a light line inside: beach advisory or caution. Dotted: monthly report (days with discharge, dates not given). Grey: no current status on the water outline. Purple hatching: a status resting on a source that could not be checked on schedule.

Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using the reports named above and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-06 09:03 UTC.

Reported discharges over time

  • Discharges affecting the East Channel in New York, last 12 months0December 2025 to November 2026Verified reports where available, else notices; revisions and duplicates counted once. Arriving discharges are estimated from modeled downstream reaches.
  • Records behind the last-90-days strip for the East Channel in New York1Reported on the East Channel in New York: 0 · Arriving from outfalls upstream, estimated: 0 · Other records (rain-likely and similar): 1last 90 daysEvery distinct record the strip lists for its red, yellow and unresolved hours, notices and unresolved reports included; counted as the strip counts them.

Combined sewer overflow (CSO): sewage mixed with rainwater spills from a shared sewer system. Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater. Treatment bypass: wastewater skips one or more treatment steps. Blended discharge: wastewater that skipped some treatment is mixed with treated wastewater.

Reported discharges per month

0 reported discharges, January 2022 to November 2026.

  • Combined sewer overflow
  • Sanitary sewer overflow
  • Treatment bypass, blended or other

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sewer overflow records; ny-dec-sprtk; ny-dec-sprtk-web. Records cover January 1, 2022 to November 6, 2026.

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How these charts are counted

We count each discharge once. Where a source publishes notices and confirmed reports, we use confirmed reports for an operator's month when available; otherwise we use notices. We combine revisions and exclude duplicate state reports copied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Monthly and yearly totals appear separately. Status hours follow this site's rules. Shaded gaps mean missing coverage, not zero discharges.

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sewer overflow records: records from May 3, 2022 to the latest update (limited records)
  • ny-dec-sprtk: records from August 11, 2021 to the latest update
  • ny-dec-sprtk-web: records from May 30, 2025 to the latest update

Reports linked to East Channel

No reports are linked to this water yet. Check local notices and our source coverage.

Wastewater outlets on this water

Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

Combined sewer outfalls

4 outfalls · 2 closed · discharge likely now at 2

Discharge likely: heavy rain, no report received at 2 outfalls now: radar rainfall has reached the operator's threshold and no discharge report has arrived (NOAA radar estimate).

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) national combined sewer outfall inventory (ECHO) and state outfall layers. Open or closed as EPA's inventory lists it. DirtyWaterWatch links outlets to waters using permit numbers, locations and names.

Sewer operators listed for this water: New York City Department of Environmental Protection (12 WRRF CSO permits).

Boat launches

No public boat launch is listed in our records for this water.

Nearby waters

Sources covering this water

0 records linked to this water. Updated .