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Untreated discharges recently reported at Wastewater Treatment Facilities

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Vermont Business Magazine The following are Public Alerts submitted by Wastewater Treatment Facilities for prompt public awareness of untreated discharges and their locations. A new incident has been reported (or existing incident has been modified) for Rutland Wastewater Treatment Facility in City of Rutland as of Wednesday morning. 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.

Facility Name Town Location Description Receiving Waters Date/Time Submission Entered
Rutland Rutland Permitted CSO Structures. Flow and volume data pending. Event still in progress. Otter Creek & East Creek 8/10/2016 7:01:32 AM
Rutland Rutland West Street Siphon
Overflow. This is a permitted CSO structure used in high stormwater flow events.		 East Creek 8/1/2016 8:10:49 AM
Shelburne 2 (Harbor Rd) Shelburne Falls Road at LaPlatte River bridge LaPlatte River 7/29/2016 4:11:40 PM
Rutland Rutland West Street Siphon. Approximate duration, less than 10 minutes with total discharge, less than 10,000 gallons.
This is a permitted discharge from a CSO structure caused by a high sudden surge of stormwater.		 Otter Creek 7/23/2016 6:13:42 PM
Shelburne 1 (Crown Rd) Shelburne Shelburne Bay Lake Champlain 7/20/2016 2:57:05 PM
Northfield Northfield East St. CSO-004 Dog River 7/19/2016 7:26:59 AM
Rutland Rutland Permitted CSO Structure, West Street Siphon. Flow and volume data pending, event still in progress. East Creek 7/14/2016 5:39:37 PM
Burlington Main Burlington Cso overflow Pine street barge canal 7/14/2016 3:30:30 PM
Burlington Main Burlington CSO overflow. Intervals wetlands 7/14/2016 3:20:16 PM
         
 

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 08/10/2016 08/10/2016 06:26 am 06:56 am Calvery Cemetary Otter Creek Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow 10,000 to 100,000 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works 2HQ-QE48-HPBF
View 08/10/2016 08/10/2016 06:26 am 06:56 am School and Meadow Street combined- 3rd Base East Creek Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow 10,000 to 100,000 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works 2HQ-QWF6-YJM3
View 08/10/2016 08/10/2016 06:26 am 06:56 am Homeplate-Ballfield East Creek Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow 10,000 to 100,000 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works 2HQ-QNWT-670E
View 08/10/2016 08/10/2016 06:27 am 06:32 am West Street Siphon East Creek Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow 1,000 to 10,000 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works 2HQ-PXAF-6NKA
                       

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
View 2016-08-01 2016-08-01 07:45 am to 07:50 am City Of Rutland West Street Siphon East Creek Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow >1,000 to 10,000 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works, City of Rutland 2HG-J8DM-8VM3
View 2016-07-23 2016-07-23 05:10 pm to 05:20 pm City of Rutland West Street Siphon East Creek Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow >1,000 to 10,000 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works 2H9-R0F8-2ZNZ
View 2016-07-18 2016-07-18 06:20 pm to 06:30 pm Northfield East St. CSO 004 Dog River Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow >100 to 1,000 gallons Northfield Jeff Shultz 2H6-3QKE-T6T6
View 2016-07-14 2016-07-14 03:02 pm to 03:32 pm Burlington DPW Park St Burlington Intervale Wetlands Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow >100 to 1,000 gallons Burlington Main Megan Moir - Assisstant Director of Public Works (water Resources) 2H2-EBCA-GBCY
View 2016-07-14 2016-07-14 04:57 pm to 05:09 pm City Of Rutland West Street Siphon East Creek Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow >10,000 to 100,000 gallons Rutland Jeff Wennberg, Commissioner of Public Works 2H2-HKT3-W95G
                       

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
View 2016-07-29 2016-07-29 02:35 pm to 02:50 pm Shelburne Falls Rd @ Laplatte River bridge LaPlatte River Other >100 to 1,000 gallons Shelburne 2 (Harbor Rd) Chris Robinson, Water Quality Superintendent 2HE-7W9V-HN89
View 2016-07-19 2016-07-20 Start: 8:09 PM End: 9:00 AM Shelburne Shelburne 1 (Crown St.) WWTF Shelburne Bay Discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent 103,000 gallons Shelburne 1 (Crown Rd) Joe Colangelo, Town Mgr.  
View 2016-07-14 2016-07-14 03:26 pm to 04:01 pm Burlington DPW Pine Street CSO Pine Street Barge Canal Discharged untreated sewage >1,000 to 10,000 gallons Burlington Main Megan Moir - Assistant Director of Public Works (Water Resources) 2H2-EV2V-W45N

Source: Vermont Watershed Management in DEC at ANR 8.11.2016