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Facility Name: Burlington Main    
Caller Name And Title: Matthew Dow, Wastewater Facilities Manager    
Municipality: City of Burlington    
Location (street or site): Pine Street CSO    
Incident Start Date: 01/12/2018    
Incident End Date: 01/12/2018    
Incident Start End Times: 09:22 am to 10:43 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 the Pine Street CSO, the City has disconnected some upstream catch basins from the sewer system The City is developing a long term plan to eliminate this CSO.    
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 January 12th resulted in the discharge if a combination of sewer 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 to prevent backups into homes and other buildings.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HNA-STST-78PAT