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A new regulation, (314 CMR 16.00) Notification Requirement to Promote Public Awareness of Sewage Pollution, was recently enacted by Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. This regulation establishes requirements and procedures for notifying the public of certain types of untreated or partially treated wastewater discharges. Please register if you are interested in receiving a public advisory notification from the Town of Holden if a reportable event was to occur.

To sign up, please visit https://www.holdenma.gov/subscribe. You'll be brought to our notification/subscription site. Please enter your email address twice, select the Sanity Sewer Overlow (SSO) Public Advisory Notification option under Upload File and choose subscribe at the bottom of the page.

NOTIFICATIONS

When a discharge or overflow occurs, Holden Water & Sewer Division sends out a public advisory notification.  On business days, this website will be updated within 2 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 (link below).  This list is updated within 24 hours of when the public advisory notification is sent.  Enter "Holden" in the Permittee field and click “Search”.  CSO Data Portal (state.ma.us) 

The fastest way to get information is to sign up to receive public advisory notifications using the link above.