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Facility Name: Burlington Main    
Caller Name And Title: Matthew Dow, Chief Operator    
Municipality: City of Burlington    
Location (street or site): Pine Street CSO    
Incident Start Date: 06/23/2017    
Incident End Date: 06/23/2017    
Incident Start End Times: 08:35 am to 09:43 am    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Discharged untreated sewage    
Estimated Volume (gallons): >10,000 to 100,000 gallons    
Cause Of Discharge: High Flows    
Type Of Obstruction:    
Point Of Discharge: Combined sewer overflow structure    
Corrective Action Taken: In an effort to reduce overflows from Pine Street, the city has disconnected some upstream stormwater catch basins from the sewer system, and is developing a long term plan.    
Waterbody Impacted: Pine Street Barge Canal    
Contact Name And Title For Public: Megan Moir, Water Resources Div. Head    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: High flows caused by an intense rain storm and snow melt on June 23rd resulted in the discharge of a combination of sewage and stormwater from the CSO located on Pine Street. This CSO is intended to protect the sewer system, to prevent overflows from other parts of the sewer system, and o prevent backups into homes and other buildings. We estimate the sewage component to be approximately 2,900 gallons.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HN5-T7VE-WN0FY