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Spring weather leads to wastewater discharges

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Vermont Business Magazine The following are Public Alerts submitted by Wastewater Treatment Facilities to Vermont Watershed Management in the Department of Environmental Conservation at the Agency of Natural Resources for prompt public awareness of untreated discharges and their locations. Most are in Rutland and Chittenden counties. These alerts have been directly reported by Wastewater Treatment Facilities and may have not yet been reviewed by the State. Wastewater Treatment facilities are required to submit a public alert as soon as possible, but no longer than one hour from discovery of an untreated discharge from the wastewater treatment facility. This time requirement is extended to no longer than four hours if the operator does not have telephone or internet service at the location or they are working to control or stop the untreated discharge. Additional details regarding sewage overflows and incidents are required to be reported within 12 hours of discovery and available below.

NOTE: This page displays four sets of data.
Public Alerts
Newly Reported Overflows
Authorized Wet Weather Combined Sewer Overflows
All Other Overflows

As of Thursday, April 6, 2017, 11:45 am

Facility Name
Town Location Description Receiving Waters Date/Time Submission Entered ID
Springfield Springfield Pump station #1 Black river 4/5/2017 10:11:41 AM 75
Montpelier Montpelier CSO 003 - Bailey Ave Bridge Winooski River 4/5/2017 8:33:56 AM 74
Rutland Rutland Permitted CSO Structures. Flow and volume data pending, event still in progress. Otter Creek & East Creek 4/4/2017 10:36:46 PM 73
Rutland Rutland Calvery Cemetary. Overflow in progress. Otter Creek 4/4/2017 9:38:14 AM 72
Burlington Main Burlington Burlington wastewater treatment facility Lake Champlain 4/1/2017 9:10:42 PM 71
Rutland Rutland School and Meadow Streets.
Small overflow temporarily in progress.		 Otter Creek
East Creek		 4/1/2017 4:31:46 PM 70
Shelburne 2 (Harbor Rd) Shelburne Sanitary sewer overflow from Manhole S61 on Wes St into drainage ditch and into Unnamed tributary (near Town cemetery) and eventually to LaPlatte River. Unnamed tributary to LaPlatte River 3/30/2017 3:21:30 PM 69
North Troy North Troy East of the 105 bridge on the South side of the road. Missisquoi River 3/30/2017 12:24:04 PM 68
Milton Milton Manhole on lower Cherry Street had grease blockage, causing manhole to backup and overflow into ditch Estimated worse case discharge of 20 gallons a minute for 3 hours, 3600 gallons discharged from the manhole. Immediately jetted lines from lower manhole and restored flow. Spread lime at the affected area and downstream as well. Lamoille River 3/11/2017 4:24:35 PM 67
NEWLY REPORTED OVERFLOWS. These overflows are pending review from DEC Wastewater staff
Start Date End Date Start Time End Time Location Waterbody Nature of Incident Estimated Volume (gallons) Wastewater Treatment Facility Contact Person Submission Number
View 4/5/2017 4:00:00 AM 4/5/2017 4:00:00 AM 10:00 am 10:10 am 295 Clinton Street Black River Discharged untreated sewage 10,000 to 100,000 gallons Springfield Jeffery Strong / Public Works Directed HN3-X02W-G601X
WET WEATHER COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS Reviewed by DEC Wastewater staff
Start Date End Date Start/End Times Municipality Location Waterbody Nature of Incident Estimated Volume (gallons) Wastewater Treatment Facility Contact Person Submission Number ID
View 2017-04-04 2017-04-05 07:00 pm to 01:00 am City of Montpelier CSO 003 - Bailey Ave Bridge Winooski River Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow >100 to 1,000 gallons Montpelier Kurt Motyka HN3-W41H-7J3WF 3142
View 2017-04-04 2017-04-04 08:30 am to 08:30 pm City of Rutland Calvery Cemetary Otter Creek Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow 62,990 Gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works HN3-VQM6-R6SE0 3148
View 2017-04-04 2017-04-04 08:57 pm to 10:10 pm City of Rutland Calvery Cemetary Otter Creek Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow 115,000 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works, City of Rutland HN3-W3TF-N4PZN 3149
View 2017-04-04 2017-04-04 10:11 pm to 10:25 pm City of Rutland West Street Siphon East Creek Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow 22,400 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works, City of Rutland HN3-W44K-CVRMF 3150
View 2017-04-04 2017-04-04 09:48 pm to 11:08 pm City of Rutland Homeplate East Creek Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow 56,000 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works, City of Rutland HN3-W4G0-R6CQJ 3151
View 2017-04-04 2017-04-04 09:48 pm to 11:08 pm City of Rutland School and Meadow Street East Creek Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow 56,000 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works, City of Rutland HN3-W4PY-XF45D 3152
ALL OTHER OVERFLOWS Reviewed by DEC Wastewater staff

ALL OTHER OVERFLOWS Reviewed by DEC Wastewater staff

Start Date End Date Start/End Times Municipality Location Waterbody Nature of Incident Estimated Volume (gallons) Wastewater Treatment Facility Contact Person Submission Number ID
View 2017-04-01 2017-04-01 04:15 pm to 04:30 pm Rutland City Homeplate. CSO#002. Outfall empties into East Creek East Creek Other 11,550 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works, City of Rutland. HN3-S7Z1-YHFCE 3145
View 2017-04-01 2017-04-01 04:15 pm to 04:30 pm Rutland City Third Base. CSO#009- School and Meadow Street combined. East Creek Other 11,550 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works, City of Rutland HN3-S89W-M8PP5 3146
View 2017-03-31 2017-04-01 04:00 pm to 03:40 pm Burlington Main wastewater treatment facility Lake Champlain Discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent >1,000,000 gallons Burlington Main Megan Moir, Assistant DPW Director - Water Resources HN3-SCH8-EGGMB 3147
View 2017-03-30 2017-03-30 03:04 pm to 03:20 pm Shelburne Wes St manhole S61overflow into drainage ditch to unnamed tributary of LaPlatte LaPlatte River Discharged untreated sewage >100 to 1,000 gallons Shelburne 2 (Harbor Rd) Chris Robinson, Water Quality Superintendent HN3-QN3G-JDPZ0 3144
View 2017-03-16 2017-03-16 06:15 pm to 09:10 pm Essex Junction 39 Cascade Street Wastewater Facility Winooski River Discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent >100,000 to 500,000 gallons Essex Junction James Jutras, Water Quality Supt, Chief Operator HN3-DM1C-C0R68 3143
View 2017-03-15 2017-03-15 11:00 am to 03:00 pm Essex Junction 39 Cascade Street Wastewater facility Winooski River Discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent >100,000 to 500,000 gallons Essex Junction James Jutras HN3-CJJ0-6WYWP 3141