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Facility Name: Barre City    
Caller Name And Title: Brian Baker, Director of Public Works    
Municipality: City of Barre    
Location (street or site): Sanitary sewer manhole on Boyton Street nearest house #66    
Incident Start Date: 08/01/2025    
Incident End Date: 08/01/2025    
Incident Start End Times: 01:00 pm to 05:00 pm    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Discharged untreated sewage    
Estimated Volume (gallons): 4800    
Cause Of Discharge: Obstruction/Blockage    
Type Of Obstruction: Obstruction in sewer main, caused by roo    
Point Of Discharge: Manhole    
Corrective Action Taken: City crew arrived on site with vactor truck to remove the obstruction. The obstruction was caused by root intrusion to the sewer line. All roots observed were removed. The obstruction was cleared by 5:00 pm. Signs were posted at edge of the river at the location of the discharge, which the closest address is 66 Boyton Street. Signs continued until the underpass with South Main Street, approximately 900 feet down stream. Signs were posted on both sides of the river. Signs were installed around 5:00 pm Friday evening, and removed on Monday morning.    
Waterbody Impacted: Jailbranch River    
Contact Name And Title For Public: Brian Baker, Director of Public Works    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: City DPW got a call about a discharge from a manhole on Boyton Street at about 1:00 pm. City crews were dispatched immediately and located the exact leak. The nearest address is 66 Boyton Street. The discharge appears to be about 20 gallons a minute.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HQE-H4WH-JW07V