Spill & Overflow Notifications
Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs) is a term used to describe two types of events: sanitary sewer spills and sanitary sewer overflows.
Defining Spills and Overflows
By Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD) definitions:
A sanitary sewage “spill” is an event in which sewage escapes from the conveyance system and enters the waters of the state.
Sanitary sewage “overflow” is an event in which sewage escapes from the conveyance system but is contained before reaching the waters of the state.
Waters of the State are ponds, creeks, streams, rivers, lakes, etc., including storm drains that carry potential pollutants into the waters of the state.
For More Information About Spill & Overflow Notifications, Please Call 478-464-5600.
About the MWA’s Sanitary Sewer Conveyance System
The Macon Water Authority strives to maintain excellence in its Sanitary Sewer Conveyance System, which has been selected as the state’s Collection System of the Year on more than one occasion by the Georgia Association of Water Professionals. By striving for excellence in its sewer system operations, the MWA hopes to lessen the environmental impacts and health hazards resulting from the unintended discharge of raw sewage due to SSO events.
Help Us Reduce SSOs
MWA customers can always assist the MWA in its endeavors to prevent or reduce SSOs by not pouring grease down the drain and by educating children on the possible dangers of playing near and throwing things into manholes.
Archived spill and/or overflow information can be obtained from the MWA Sewer Conveyance Department.

SSO Reports, 2021-2022
- Overflow Report for Dead-end of Roundfield Rd – 6/24/22
- Spill Report for Sandy Beach Lift Station – 6/23/22
- Overflow Report for 4460 North Mumford Rd – 6/21/22
- Overflow Report for 2443 Broadway – 6/8/22
- Overflow Report for 4095 Broadway – 5/24/22
- Spill Report for 1476 Longacre Dr – 4/28/22
- Spill Report for 585 Tucker Rd – 4/26/22
- Spill Report for 5151 Zebulon Rd – 4/26/22
- Spill Report for Rocky Creek Water Reclamation Facility – 4/17/22
- Overflow Report for 256 Vista Cir – 4/15/22
- Overflow Report for 1634 Twin Pines Dr – 4/12/22
- Spill Report for Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park – 4/8/22
- Overflow Report for 875 Burrus Rd – 4/8/22
- Overflow Report for 270 Vista Cir – 4/8/22
- Spill Report for Broadway Lift Station – 4/7/22
- Spill Report for Intersection of Reid St & Waterville Rd – 4/7/22
- Overflow Report for 617 Nicholas Ln – 4/3/22
- Overflow Report for Intersection of Woodvalley Rd & Clinton Rd – 4/2/22
- Overflow Report for Intersection of Brookdale Ave & Melrose St – 3/30/22
- Overflow Report for 4095 Broadway – 3/25/22
- Spill Report for 4760 Carnoustie Ct – 3/4/22
- Spill Report for 4237 Napier Ave – 3/4/22
- Overflow Report for 2920 Thornwood Dr – 2/4/22
- Overflow Report for 2964 Claridge Ct – 1/31/22
- Overflow Report for 1785 Jeffersonville Rd – 1/28/22
- Overflow Report for 3442 Woodcrest Rd – 1/19/22
- Spill Report for 475 Pierce Ave – 1/2/22
- Spill Report for 2106 Old Clinton Rd – 12/28/21
- Overflow Report for 2844 Napier Ave – 12/20/21
- Spill Report for Rocky Creek Water Reclamation Facility – 12/26/21
- Spill Report for 5363 Yorktown Rd – 12/20/21
- Overflow Report for 4750 Roundfield Rd – 12/9/21
- Overflow Report for 648 Paul St – 11/19/21
- Overflow Report for 2925 Pemberton Ct – 11/6/21
- Overflow Report for 1550 Forest Hill Rd – 11/3/21
- Overflow Report for 1902 Forsyth St – 10/27/21
- Overflow Report for 4765 Riverside Dr – 10/18/21
- Overflow Report for 1348 Lakeview Cir – 10/12/21
- Spill Report for Rocky Creek Water Reclamation Facility – 10/5/21 – 10/6/21
- Spill Report for 2820 South Pierce Dr – 10/8/21
- Overflow Report for 1900 Paul Walsh Dr – 10/8/21 – 10/9/21
- Spill Report for 1900 Paul Walsh Dr – 10/8/21 – 10/9/21
- Spill Report for 1340 Lakeview Cir – 10/6/21
- Spill Report for 1754 Canterbury Rd – 10/6/21
- Spill Report for 1900 Paul Walsh Dr – 10/6/21 – 10/7/21
- Spill Report for 1301 Riverside Dr – 10/6/21 – 10/7/21
- Spill Report for 2771 Alden St – 10/6/21
- Spill Report for North O’Hara Lift Station – 10/6/21
- Spill Report for 3022 O’Hara Dr S – 10/6/21
- Overflow Report for 3888 Northside Dr – 10/1/21
- Overflow Report for 3950 Riverside Dr – 9/20/21
- Overflow Report for 648 Paul St – 9/16/21
- Overflow Report for 2111 Jeffersonville Rd – 9/14/21
- Overflow Report for Broadway Lift Station – 8/19/21
- Overflow Report for 3221 Broadway – 7/31/21
- Overflow Report for 4089 Broadway – 7/31/21
- Spill Report for Sandy Beach Lift Station – 7/27/21
- Overflow Report for 3451 Pio Nono Ave – 7/11/21