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Facility Name: Vergennes    
Caller Name And Title: Rick Chaput, Chief Operator    
Municipality: Vergennes    
Location (street or site): Otter Creek    
Incident Start Date: 02/05/2019    
Incident End Date: 02/05/2019    
Incident Start End Times: 12:00 pm to 04:30 pm    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow    
Estimated Volume (gallons): 79,800    
Cause Of Discharge: High Flows    
Type Of Obstruction:    
Point Of Discharge: Combined sewer overflow structure    
Corrective Action Taken: none    
Waterbody Impacted: Otter Creek below the falls Vergennes    
Contact Name And Title For Public: Rick Chaput, Chief Operator    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: High flows caused by intense snowmelt on 2/5/2019 resulted in the discharge of a combination of sewage and runoff from CSO 002. This is an authorized discharge intended to protect the sewer system, to prevent overflows from other parts of the sewer system, and to prevent backups into homes and other buildings.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HNM-BKP5-A962K