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Ocmulgee River

River in Georgia, past Abbeville, Berner, Bonaire, Cochran, Eastman, Fitzgerald, Flovilla, Hawkinsville, Hazlehurst, Jacksonville, Juliette and Lumber City

Current status

No current status shown

No current status is assigned to this water outline. Check the water page for reports and any estimated downstream stretches. 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.

Square boat markers mark boat launches listed by OpenBoatLaunch.

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About this status

No current status shown: no report we track sets a status on this water now; how statuses work. No status does not mean the water is safe. Follow posted signs and local health advice.

Sources checked: a public source (last successful check 2026-11-05 01:05 UTC); a public source (last successful check 2026-11-05 01:05 UTC); Georgia EPD Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD (last successful check 2026-11-05 01:06 UTC). Status by DirtyWaterWatch, updated 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC. · 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: source update overdue.
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    1 report: LUMBER CITY, CITY OF 1
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  • Discharge or advisory reported: to
    1 report: LUMBER CITY, CITY OF 1
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  • Caution: to
    1 report: Macon Water Authority 1
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  • Discharge or advisory reported: to
    1 report: Macon Water Authority 1
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  • Caution: to
    1 report: MACON WATER AUTHORITY 1
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  • Discharge or advisory reported: to
    1 report: MACON WATER AUTHORITY 1
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Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using the reports named above and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC.

Reported discharges over time

  • Discharges affecting the Ocmulgee River in Georgia, last 12 months55 affecting this stretch: 5 reported on the Ocmulgee River; none arriving from upstreamDecember 2025 to November 2026Verified reports where available, else notices; revisions and duplicates counted once. Arriving discharges are estimated from modeled downstream reaches.
  • Days with a discharge affecting the Ocmulgee River in Georgia, last 12 months11Reported on the Ocmulgee River in Georgia: 11 · Arriving from outfalls upstream, estimated: 0 (counted apart; together they need not equal the total)December 2025 to November 2026A day counts once however many discharges were under way on it.
  • Hours with a discharge or advisory status on the Ocmulgee River in Georgia, last 12 months240Reported on the Ocmulgee River in Georgia: 240 · Arriving from outfalls upstream, estimated: 0December 2025 to November 2026Red hours by the map's rules: each discharge to its reported end plus the state's post-discharge period; overlapping hours count once.
  • 2026 season with a discharge or advisory status on the Ocmulgee River in Georgia4.9%May to October 2026Share of May 1 to October 31 hours with red status by the map's rules, of the hours a source covered.
  • Records behind the last-90-days strip for the Ocmulgee River in Georgia3Reported on the Ocmulgee River in Georgia: 3 · Arriving from outfalls upstream, estimated: 0last 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. Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

Reported discharges per month

7 reported discharges, January 2022 to November 2026.

  • Combined sewer overflow
  • Sanitary sewer overflow
  • Treatment bypass, blended or other
  • No tracked source for this period
  • Incomplete source coverage
Limited records

No tracked source covers January 2022 to April 2022. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's sewer overflow records are limited: they hold only what operators file with the agency.

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sewer overflow records; ga-epd-spills. Records cover May 3, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Hours with a discharge or advisory status per month

Hours when this water had a discharge or advisory status under DirtyWaterWatch rules.

  • Discharge or advisory reported
  • No tracked source for this period
  • Incomplete source coverage
Limited records

No tracked source covers January 2022 to April 2022. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's sewer overflow records are limited: they hold only what operators file with the agency.

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sewer overflow records; ga-epd-spills. Records cover May 3, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Days with a reported discharge per month

A day counts when any counted discharge was under way on it, from its start to its reported end in Eastern Time; a report with no end counts its start day.

  • No tracked source for this period
  • Incomplete source coverage
Limited records

No tracked source covers January 2022 to April 2022.

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sewer overflow records; ga-epd-spills. Records cover May 3, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported volume per year

Gallons (axis: K thousand, M million), summed from the 2 reports that gave a volume as a number (5 did not).

  • Incomplete source coverage
Limited records

5 of 7 discharge reports gave no volume as a number; only numbers are summed.

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sewer overflow records; ga-epd-spills. Records cover May 3, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Hours with a discharge or advisory status per year

Hours with a discharge or advisory status each year under DirtyWaterWatch rules; 2026 to date.

  • Discharge or advisory reported
  • Incomplete source coverage
Limited records

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sewer overflow records; ga-epd-spills. Records cover May 3, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Share of the May to October season with a discharge or advisory status

Share of the hours from May 1 to October 31 with a discharge or advisory status under DirtyWaterWatch rules.

  • Discharge or advisory reported
  • Season with incomplete source coverage

Seasons with incomplete source coverage: 2025. The share is of the hours a source covered.

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sewer overflow records; ga-epd-spills. Records cover May 3, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported discharges by calendar month, all years

Every counted discharge report, by the calendar month it began.

Months are summed over every year a tracked source covers; the table gives the number of years behind each month.

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sewer overflow records; ga-epd-spills. Records cover May 3, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported discharges by wastewater outlet

Wastewater outlets with the most tracked discharge records: 3 of 3, all years. Counts depend on reporting coverage and do not measure legal compliance or harm.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's sewer overflow records are limited: they hold only what operators file with the agency.

Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sewer overflow records; ga-epd-spills. Records cover May 3, 2022 to November 4, 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)
  • ga-epd-spills: records from September 9, 2025 to the latest update

Reports linked to Ocmulgee River

Reports linked to Ocmulgee River, newest first
WhenReportStatus
to 4:30 PMMACON WATER AUTHORITY · SSO (earlier version) · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Sep 22, 3:00 AMLUMBER CITY, CITY OF · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to 11:35 AMMacon Water Authority · SSO (earlier version) · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Aug 31Macon Water Authority · 257 Jones Avenue Macon, Georgia 31217 · SSO · 2,600 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Aug 23, 11:59 PMMACON WATER AUTHORITY · SSO (earlier version) · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Aug 23Macon Water Authority · 4705 Mead Rd Macon , GA 31206 · SSO · “not yet determined (EPD: a zero or blank quantity means the amount has not been determined)” report · notice · mapended
to Jul 10, 12:29 AMMACON WATER AUTHORITY · SSO (earlier version) · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
Macon Water Authority · 680 Crawford Road Macon, Georgia 31204 · SSO (earlier version) · “not yet determined (EPD: a zero or blank quantity means the amount has not been determined)” report · notice · mapreported
to 5:30 PMMACON WATER AUTHORITY · SSO (earlier version) · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Jun 11Macon Water Authority · 4089 Broadway Macon, Georgia 31206 · SSO · 2,100 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 9:00 AMMACON WATER AUTHORITY · SSO (earlier version) · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Apr 14Macon Water Authority · 4705 Mead Rd Macon , GA 31206 · SSO · “not yet determined (EPD: a zero or blank quantity means the amount has not been determined)” report · notice · mapended
to Apr 22 ’25, 12:00 PMEASTMAN, CITY OF · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Apr 7 ’25, 11:59 PMMACON WATER AUTHORITY · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended

Sources: EPA ECHO Sewer Overflow and Bypass Event report (reported to regulators), retrieved 2026-11-05 01:05 UTC; Georgia EPD Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD, retrieved 2026-11-04 08:30 UTC. A report's record id and times show when you hover or focus its "report" link.

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All reports in Georgia by year: 2026 (12 here) · 2025 (2 here)

Wastewater outlets on this water

No wastewater outlet in our records is linked to this water.

Sewer operators listed for this water: ABBEVILLE, CITY OF (ABBEVILLE WPCP), HAWKINSVILLE, CITY OF (HAWKINSVILLE SOUTH WTP), HAWKINSVILLE, CITY OF (NORTH WPCP), HAWKINSVILLE, CITY OF (SOUTH WPCP), HAZLEHURST, CITY OF (BULLY CREEK WPCP), LUMBER CITY, CITY OF (LUMBER CITY WPCP), Macon Water Authority (Lower Poplar WRF), MACON WATER AUTHORITY (ROCKY CREEK WRF), WARNER ROBINS, CITY OF (OCMULGEE RIVER WPCP), EASTMAN, CITY OF (SUGAR CREEK WPCP).

Boat launches

Source: OpenBoatLaunch launch records (public agency data and OpenStreetMap, Open Database License). · Ocmulgee River on OpenBoatLaunch

Nearby waters

Sources covering this water

7 records linked to this water, besides 7 earlier versions or duplicates. Updated .