​COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS (CSO)

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
This is where we will post notifications if we have a combined sewer overflow.  There are currently none at this time.

If you would like to be put on a list to be notified by email in the event of a combined sewer overflow event, please fill out the CSO Contact Request Form on this page. 

For questions regarding CSO's, please contact Scott Pifher, our Waster Water Treatment Superintendent, at (419) 933-7515.  If you have any questions on the website or our notification list, please contact James Pomerich, our Public Works Director, at (419) 935-6555.

INITIAL NOTIFICATION: April 6, 2025

​To all concerned public and other agencies:
 
A combined sewer overflow (CSO) has begun from the City of Willard CSO holding lagoon.  Pertinent information is as follows:
 
     Date and Time the CSO began:         04/5/2025 6:02 am
     Location of discharge:                         City of Willard
                                                                     Combined Sewer Lagoon
                                                                          611 Keefer Street
                                                                      Willard, Ohio 44890
     Discharge stream:      Jacob Creek
     Treatment provided:        screening of combined sewage
     Status at time of this notification:   active
     Areas affected:                    West Branch of Huron River
                                                                        Holiday Lakes
                                                                        Monroeville
     Rainfall prior to beginning:                2.90 inches
     For more information contact           Scott Pifher (419) 933-7515
                                                                                 [email protected]
                                                                                  Matt Brooks (419)-933-7515
                                                                                   [email protected]

    ​CSO Contact Request Form
​SUPPLEMENTAL NOTIFICATION: April 7, 2025

To all concerned public and other agencies:
 
A combined sewer overflow (CSO) has ended from the City of Willard CSO holding lagoon.  Pertinent information is as follows:
 
 
     Date and Time CSO began:               04/05/2025 6:02 am
     Date and Time CSO ended:               04/06/2025 4:30 am
     TOTAL DURATION:                              22 hours & 28 minutes
     Location of discharge:                         City of Willard
                                                                      Combined Sewer Lagoon
                                                                     611 Keefer Street
                                                                     Willard, Ohio 44890
     Discharge stream:      Jacob Creek
     Treatment provided:        screening of combined sewage
     Status at time of this notification:    not active the CSO event has ended
     Areas affected:                  West Branch of Huron River
                                                                        Holiday Lakes
                                                                        Monroeville
     Rainfall prior to beginning:                2.90 inches
     Total Rainfall this CSO event:            3.12 inches
 
    
     TOTAL CSO VOLUME                            11.24 million gallons
                                                                    
     For more information contact:         Scott Pifher (419) 933-7515
                                                                        [email protected]
                                                                    Carl Stevens (419)-933-7515
                                                                    [email protected]