Sewage Overflow Notification

IS THERE A CURRENT SEWER OVERFLOW EVENT?

NO

CURRENT SEWER OVERFLOW EVENT DETAILS

PRECEDING SEWER OVERFLOW EVENTS

Discharge data is provided for each Public Advisory Notification Event, updated so that data for each month is posted within 15 days of the last day of the month.

• 02/04/2023
  • Description of Discharge and Overflow Location: Blended partially treated wastewater is discharging through the WPCF outfall in Massachusetts Bay
    Approximate Date & Time Overflow Began & Duration:  02/04/2023 11:00 am (15 hours)
    Estimated Volume of Discharge or Overflow: 0.890 million gallons
    Identity of Permittee: Gloucester, MA
    Approximate Date & Time the Overflow Ended: 02/05/2023 2:00 am
    Waters & Land Areas Potentially Affected: Massachusetts Bay
• 02/04/2023 
  • Description of Discharge and Overflow Location: 18 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA
    CSO 004
    Approximate Date & Time Overflow Began & Duration: 02/04/2023 at 9:25 am (3 hr 15 mins)
    Estimated Volume of Discharge or Overflow: 0.051 million gallons
    Identity of Permitee: Gloucester, MA
    Approximate Date & Time the Overflow Ended: 02/04/2023 12:40 pm
    Waters & Land Areas Potentially Affected: Harbor Cove
• 01/26/2023 
  • Description of Discharge and Overflow Location: 8 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA
    CSO 006A
    Approximate Date & Time Overflow Began & Duration: 01/26/2023 at 2:25 am (13 hr 5 mins)
    Estimated Volume of Discharge or Overflow: 0.018 million gallons
    Identity of Permitee: Gloucester, MA
    Approximate Date & Time the Overflow Ended: 01/26/2023 3:30 pm
    Waters & Land Areas Potentially Affected: Gloucester Inner Harbor
• 01/26/2023
  • Description of Discharge and Overflow Location: 39 and 43 Woodbury Street, Gloucester, MA  
    Approximate Date & Time Overflow Began & Duration: 01/26/2023 at 11:00 am (1 hr)
    Estimated Volume of Discharge or Overflow: 0.00031 million gallons
    Identity of Permitee: Gloucester, MA
    Approximate Date & Time the Overflow Ended: 01/26/2023 at 12:00 pm
    Waters & Land Areas Potentially Affected: Unnamed Stream to Folly Cove
• 01/26/2023
  • Description of Discharge and Overflow Location: 61R Parker St, Gloucester, MA 01930 (GPS 42.614731, -70.647869)
    SSO 009
    Approximate Date & Time Overflow Began & Duration: 01/26/2023 at 2:45 am (6 hr 35 mins)
    Estimated Volume of Discharge or Overflow: 0.079908 million gallons
    Identity of Permitee: Gloucester, MA
    Approximate Date & Time the Overflow Ended: 01/26/2023 at 9:20 am
    Waters & Land Areas Potentially Affected: Gloucester Inner Harbor
• 01/23/2023
  • Description of Discharge and Overflow Location: 8 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA
    CSO 006A
    Approximate Date & Time Overflow Began & Duration: 01/23/2023 at 11:40 am (5 hr 20 mins)
    Estimated Volume of Discharge or Overflow: 0.018 million gallons
    Identity of Permitee: Gloucester, MA
    Approximate Date & Time the Overflow Ended: 01/23/2023 at 15:00 pm
    Waters & Land Areas Potentially Affected: Gloucester Inner Harbor
• 12/23/2022
  • Description of Discharge and Overflow Location: 8 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA
    CSO 006A
    Approximate Date & Time Overflow Began & Duration: 12/23/2022 at 11:05 pm (1 hr 5 mins)
    Estimated Volume of Discharge or Overflow: 0.018 million gallons
    Identity of Permitee: Gloucester, MA
    Approximate Date & Time the Overflow Ended: 12/24/2022 at 12:10 am
    Waters & Land Areas Potentially Affected: Gloucester Inner Harbor
• 12/17/2022
  • Description of Discharge and Overflow Location: 61R Parker St, Gloucester, MA 01930 (GPS 42.614731, -70.647869)
    SSO 009
    Approximate Date & Time Overflow Began & Duration: 12/17/2022 at 6:40 am (3 hours)
    Estimated Volume of Discharge or Overflow: 0.028 million gallons.  
    Identity of Permittee: Gloucester, MA
    Approximate Date & Time the Overflow Ended: 12/17/2022 at 9:40 am
    Waters & Land Areas Potentially Affected: Gloucester Inner Harbor

Information on Sewage Overflow Notifications:

In January 2021, Governor Baker signed An Act Promoting Awareness of Sewage in Public Water, and a year later January 2022, MassDEP promulgated regulations to implement the provisions of the Act. The regulations and materials from the reg-development process are available here: 

314 CMR 16.00: Notification Requirements to Promote Public Awareness of Sewage Pollution

The fastest way to get information is to sign up to receive public advisory notifications by subscribing to “Public Health” alerts here.

This new law will make sure the public knows when untreated sewage flows into Massachusetts waters. This includes releases known as combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs).

Any active sewer overflow events (both CSOs and SSOs) will be summarized on this webpage.

When a discharge or overflow occurs, the City of Gloucester sends out a public advisory notification.  On business days, this website will be updated within 4 hours of the notification.  During weekends or holidays, this website will be updated on the next business day.  

You can also see a list of discharge and overflow events on the MassDEP website below.  This list is updated within 24 hours of when the public advisory notification is sent. Enter "Gloucester" in the Permittee field and click "Search":

MassDEP CSO Data Portal