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Facility Name: South Burlington - Airport Parkway    
Caller Name And Title: David Wheeler, Assistant Stormwater Superintendent    
Municipality: South Burlington    
Location (street or site): 16 Southview Drive    
Incident Start Date: 04/05/2019    
Incident End Date: 04/05/2019    
Incident Start End Times: 08:00 am to 10:15 am    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Discharged untreated sewage    
Estimated Volume (gallons): >100 to 1,000 gallons    
Cause Of Discharge: Obstruction/Blockage    
Type Of Obstruction: Clog in collection system.    
Point Of Discharge: Manhole    
Corrective Action Taken: The line was unclogged using a vacuum truck and normal flow was restored    
Waterbody Impacted: Potash Brook    
Contact Name And Title For Public: Bob Fischer, Water Quality Superintendent    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: At ~8:30 am on 4/5/19 the South Burlington DPW received a call indicating that wastewater was flowing into the basement of a residence on Southview Drive. DPW staff responded and determined that the gravity sewer line serving this area had become clogged. The line was unclogged using a vacuum truck and normal flow was restored by 10:15 am. This temporary blockage caused wastewater to back up into the basement of the nearby home. It also caused wastewater to flow out the top of a nearby manhole, which is located ~80 feet from Potash Brook. Based on an estimate of the flow observed coming out of the manhole, and the duration of the discharge, we calculate that approximately 400 G of wastewater overflowed from the manhole onto the ground surface. Evidence suggests that some portion of this wastewater did not infiltrate into the ground and reached Potash Brook.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HNN-SXFJ-0644R