{"id":7,"date":"2022-12-05T16:53:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2022-12-05T17:52:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T17:52:40","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_4d359b0262f3f2d0c3a25cdf286abaa8\" class=\"my-accordion custom-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"wrapper my-accordion__wrapper\">\n\n        <div class=\"my-accordion__headlines text-center\"><h1>Springfield Water and Sewer<\/h1>\n<h2>Combined sewer overflows and sewer systems<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"accordion-wrap\">\n\n            <h3 class=\"display-block my-accordion__title font-600 color-white\">Have you received or heard about an alert?<\/h3>\n\n\t        \n                <ul class=\"accordion\" data-accordion data-allow-all-closed=\"true\" data-slide-speed=\"500\">\n\n\t\t\t        \n                        <li class=\"accordion-item is-active\" data-accordion-item>\n\n                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title font-700\"><h3 class=\"accordion-title__text\"><p>Yes, regarding <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3><\/a>\n\n                            <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content><p>During rain events, the combined rain runoff (or &#8220;stormwater&#8221;) from the streets along with wastewater from homes and buildings can overwhelm the capacity of the combined sewer mains. To prevent this excess capacity from backing up into streets or basements, the systems were designed with outfalls that empty this excess capacity into waterways. Each discharge event into a waterway is known as a &#8220;combined sewer overflow,&#8221; or CSO.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/external.aquasight.io\/bc4d3929-4468-4122-921f-e65b6b232476\/cso-notification?selectedClient=ads_us&amp;selectedCommunity=springfield_ma_ads_us\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"with-arrow-link\"><a class=\"arrow-link\" href=\"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/alerts-combined-sewer-overflow\/\">Continue reading CSO Alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"with-arrow-link\"><a class=\"arrow-link\" href=\"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/learn-about-combined-sewer-overflow\/\">Learn more about CSO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Permittee:<\/strong> Springfield Water &amp; Sewer Commission NPDES # MA0101613<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> CSO010<\/p>\n<p>For a map of the location visit <a href=\"http:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\">springfieldalerts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time of discharge:<\/strong> 09\/22\/2022 03:35 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Estimated volume:<\/strong> 1,625,142 Gallons<\/p>\n<p><strong>End of discharge:<\/strong> 09\/22\/2022 03:55 PM<\/p>\n<p>The estimated volume is calculated by taking the total overflow volume for the last 3 years and dividing by the total number of overflow event for the last 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>The discharge has stopped at this time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Waterbodies:<\/strong> Connecticut River<\/p>\n<p><em>Avoid contact with these waterbodies for 48 hours after the discharge ceases due to increased health risks from bacteria and other pollutants. The discharge consists of rainwater and untreated sewage and waste.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected communities:<\/strong> Springfield, West Springfield, Agawam, Longmeadow<\/p>\n<p><em>The affected communities border the Chicopee\/Connecticut River downstream of the CSO discharge.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\">springfieldalerts.com<\/a> for additional information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n                        <\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        \n                        <li class=\"accordion-item \" data-accordion-item>\n\n                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title font-700\"><h3 class=\"accordion-title__text\"><p>Yes, regarding <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3><\/a>\n\n                            <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content><p>During rain events, the combined rain runoff (or &#8220;stormwater&#8221;) from the streets along with wastewater from homes and buildings can overwhelm the capacity of the combined sewer mains. To prevent this excess capacity from backing up into streets or basements, the systems were designed with outfalls that empty this excess capacity into waterways. Each discharge event into a waterway is known as a &#8220;combined sewer overflow,&#8221; or CSO.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; max-height: 952px;\" src=\"https:\/\/external.aquasight.io\/bc4d3929-4468-4122-921f-e65b6b232476\/cso-notification?selectedClient=ads_us&amp;selectedCommunity=springfield_ma_ads_us\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n                        <\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t        \n                        <li class=\"accordion-item \" data-accordion-item>\n\n                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title font-700\"><h3 class=\"accordion-title__text\"><p>Yes, regarding <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Blending<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3><\/a>\n\n                            <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content><\/div>\n\n                        <\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t        \n\t\t\t                        <\/ul>\n\n\t                <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_8b4b247c0b1ce9c288a0c0684f013434\" class=\"text-editor custom-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"wrapper text-editor__wrapper\">\n\n\t    <h2 class=\"h1\">Learn More About Overflows<\/h2>\n<p>The Springfield Water and Sewer Commission owns and maintains these underground combined sewer pipes, as well as all other sewer mains throughout Springfield. The City of Springfield DPW owns and maintains the stormwater system. This includes the storm drains\/grates on the streets and the lateral pipes that convey stormwater from the street into the combined sewer mains and regular stormwater pipes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"with-arrow-link\"><a class=\"arrow-link\" href=\"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/learn-about-combined-sewer-overflow\/\">Learn more about CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"with-arrow-link\"><a class=\"arrow-link\" href=\"#\">Learn more about SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"with-arrow-link\"><a class=\"arrow-link\" href=\"#\">Learn more about Blending<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"with-arrow-link\"><a class=\"arrow-link\" href=\"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/solutions\/\">Learn more about Solutions<\/a><\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/springfieldalerts.com\/Suez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}