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Facility Name: Shelburne 1 (Crown Rd)    
Chris Robinson, Water Quality Superintendent    
Shelburne    
WWTF#1    
11/21/2023    
   
   
   
Discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent    
>100,000 to 500,000 gallons    
Unknown    
   
WWTF outfall    
A chlorine residual was taken at the time of initial E.coli sampling (11/21) that was > 1.0 mg/l. A chlorine residual of >6 mg/l was taken at the time of resampling (11/24). Both E.coli resamples were <1. Due to the initial chlorine residual I do not understand why there would be a high E.coli result. It only makes sense that there was either a sampling or lab error that contaminated the sample. Therefore there was most likely not a discharge of partially treated effluent.    
Lake Champlain    
Chris Robinson, Superintendent    
   
   
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Test results from contract lab on Wednesday evening (11/22) (results discovered on phone message Thursday (11/23)) indicated an E. coli of 800. Due to Thanksgiving the contract lab was closed and follow-up samples will be delivered on Friday. The results from the Friday (11/24) resampling was <1 for both samples. The chlorine residual on the initial sample was >1 mg/l which indicates that an E.coli of 800 is very unlikely. See below for additional information.    
   
HPZ-CV5F-JD0FE