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Facility Name: Essex Junction    
Caller Name And Title: James Jutras Water Quality Superintendent, Chief Operator    
Municipality: Essex Junction    
Location (street or site): Essex Junction WRRF Discharge    
Incident Start Date: 02/07/2019    
Incident End Date: 02/07/2019    
Incident Start End Times: 03:00 pm to 04:45 pm    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent    
Estimated Volume (gallons): >100,000 to 500,000 gallons    
Cause Of Discharge: Other    
Type Of Obstruction:    
Point Of Discharge: WWTF outfall    
Corrective Action Taken: Chlorination monitoring equipment failure. Staff started a flow proportioned chemical addition mode. This mode also failed. Upon detection, a hand mode of chlorine addition was turned on to restore proper disinfection application.    
Waterbody Impacted: WinooskI River    
Contact Name And Title For Public: James Jutras, Water Quality Superintendent, Chief Operator    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: Chlorination monitoring equipment failure. Staff started a flow proportioned chemical addition mode. This mode also failed. Upon detection, a hand mode of chlorine addition was turned on to restore proper disinfection application. An E.Coli Violation occurred as a result of the failed chlorination.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HNM-DZ3B-Z06GE