Facility Name:
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Burlington Main
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Caller Name And Title:
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Matthew Dow, Wastewater Facilities Manager
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Municipality:
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City of Burlington
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Location (street or site):
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Main WWTF
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Incident Start Date:
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06/18/2022
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Incident End Date:
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06/18/2022
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Incident Start End Times:
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08:40 pm to 10:25 pm
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Estimated Duration Of Event:
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Nature Of Incident:
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Discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent
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Estimated Volume (gallons):
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Approximately 400,000
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Cause Of Discharge:
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Mechanical Failure
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Type Of Obstruction:
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Point Of Discharge:
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WWTF outfall
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Corrective Action Taken:
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Staff responded to the alarm and increased the disinfection dosage and monitored through the night. Staff are still looking into the cause of the RAS pump issues at the time of this post.
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Waterbody Impacted:
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Lake Champlain
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Contact Name And Title For Public:
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Matthew Dow, Wastewater Facilities Manager
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Type Of Notification:
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nForms
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Public Overflow Report For Web:
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Y
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Description Of Incident:
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A suspected issue with an RAS pump cause some minor solids loss, leading to the disinfection system not putting out enough sodium hypochlorite to adequately disinfect the treated effluent.
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nForm Submission Number:
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HPJ-HY2Z-59YQ9
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