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Springfield posts real‑time CSO alerts; staff outlines monitoring and reporting process
Summary
Springfield Water and Sewer staff demonstrated the public SpringfieldAlerts map of CSO locations and said each CSO is monitored in real time, with monthly state reporting and public advisories posted when discharges occur.
At the joint committee meeting, Anthony Wilson displayed the public SpringfieldAlerts webpage showing combined sewer overflow locations and whether each site was active. Wilson said the embedded map allows residents to click individual CSO locations for real‑time data.
Josh Schimmel told councilors that every CSO site is monitored and that the utility collects and analyzes flow data for each storm, then reports aggregated monthly figures to the state. "Anybody can sign up for it to get alerts," Schimmel said of the website; he also described on‑site pictograph signs that instruct people to avoid contact with affected water bodies for 48 hours after a discharge.
