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Facility Name: Middlebury    
Caller Name And Title: Jeremy Rathbun Wastewater Superintendent    
Municipality: Town of Middlebury    
Location (street or site): Treatment Plant    
Incident Start Date: 05/31/2025    
Incident End Date: 05/31/2025    
Incident Start End Times: 08:30 pm to 09:00 pm    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Discharged partially treated disinfected effluent    
Estimated Volume (gallons): 200000    
Cause Of Discharge: High Flows    
Type Of Obstruction:    
Point Of Discharge: WWTF outfall    
Corrective Action Taken: The operators are modifying the control for Automated Storm Mode to try to prevent it from activating unless absolutely necessary. This will be done within the week.    
Waterbody Impacted: Otter Creek    
Contact Name And Title For Public: Jeremy Rathbun Wastewater Superintendent    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: They Automated Wastewater Control System put the plant into storm mode. This resulted in flows beyond those designed for the plants UV disinfection system, and the possibility of partially treated discharge    
   
nForm Submission Number: HQD-1XWT-ZAK8Z