Overflow Notification

Wet Weather Overflow Public Notification Program
SD1 has launched a program to notify Northern Kentucky residents when existing or predicted weather conditions could potentially cause sewer overflows. The overflow advisories will be issued by email and recorded on SD1’s new Information Hotline.

Program Objectives:

• Notify interested parties when sewer overflows are likely to occur
  
  
• Educate the public about potential health hazards and water quality impacts associated with sewer overflows
  
  
• Enable citizens to take appropriate steps to protect themselves and their families from such hazards
  
  

When will the advisories be issued?
Under this program, SD1 will issue an advisory when a rainfall of .25 inches or more is predicted or recorded for anywhere in SD1’s service area, including Boone, Campbell and Kenton Counties. An advisory will also be issued when the Ohio River level exceeds 38 feet. Advisories will remain in affect for 72 hours after rainfall and 72 hours after river levels have fallen below 38 feet.

To protect yourself and your family from health concerns associated with sewer overflows, avoid contact with water near and around overflows. This includes activities such as boating, wading, fishing and swimming.

How do I receive a Wet Weather Overflow Advisory?
By Phone – Call the SD1 Information Hotline at 859-547-1316

CSO Signage
In order to inform the public of the location of CSOs and the affected waterways, SD1 has posted signs in the areas surrounding the outfalls. The signs provide a notice that this is a “CSO Area,” along with a telephone number that can be used to obtain additional information or to report a spill or unusual activity.

Being posted as a “CSO Area” means:

• A combined sewer overflow is located nearby and these waters may be polluted during and immediately following rainfall
  
  
• During rainfall, untreated wastewater, along with large amounts of storm water, may discharge directly or indirectly into the receiving streams
  
  
• During rainfall, pubic health and water quality could potentially be impacted due to overflows
  
  

**Northern Kentucky’s and Cincinnati’s water supply intakes are upstream of SD1’s CSOs, and therefore are not impacted when overflows occur.

Click here to view a map showing the locations of CSO outfalls in Northern Kentucky.

To obtain additional information regarding CSOs in Northern Kentucky or to report a spill or unusual activity, please email SD1 at info@sd1.org or submit an on-line Trouble Call form by clicking here. You can also call the Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant at 859-331-6674.

Click here for more information regarding sewer overflows.