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Facility Name: Rutland    
Caller Name And Title: Mark Breznick / Lab Director    
Municipality: City of Rutland    
Location (street or site): Where River Street Pump Station's Force Main piping crosses under Otter Creek    
Incident Start Date: 03/26/2021    
Incident End Date: 03/26/2021    
Incident Start End Times: 03:45 pm to 05:00 pm    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Other    
Estimated Volume (gallons): 885,375 gallons    
Cause Of Discharge: Crack/Hole in Pipe    
Type Of Obstruction: No Known Obstruction in Force Main, Like    
Point Of Discharge: Crack/hole in pipe    
Corrective Action Taken: Immediately, and within minutes of the problem being noticed, operators began the process of shutting off flow to the leaking force main and isolating it. All flow was then diverted to the other serviceable force main without delay. Once the leak had been stopped, all other necessary operational procedures and related contingency plans were followed and completed.    
Waterbody Impacted: Otter Creek    
Contact Name And Title For Public: James Rotondo, Interim Commissioner of Public Works    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: Incident was likely caused by high flows moving through Wastewater Force Main during a heavy rain event. Nature of the wastewater flowing through the piping at that time consisted mainly of storm water. This ratio normally being 90 percent storm water and approximately 10 percent domestic wastewater.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HP7-H5GR-MSYS8