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Facility Name: Brighton    
Caller Name And Title: Kean Galunas Chief Operator    
Municipality: Brighton    
Location (street or site): Brighton WWTF outfall    
Incident Start Date: 04/16/2026    
Incident End Date: 04/22/2026    
Incident Start End Times: 08:52 am to 07:30 am    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent    
Estimated Volume (gallons): 416000    
Cause Of Discharge: Other    
Type Of Obstruction:    
Point Of Discharge: WWTF outfall    
Corrective Action Taken: Flow was temporarily reduced to a level that was previously providing adequate treatment and then increased by a smaller rate than was first attempted. Chlorination rate was also increased, and this combination brought the e. coli measurement below the public notification level. (Note: Total volume is necessarily calculated as the flow measured between the initial and follow up e. coli tests and may not represent the true duration of the event.)    
Waterbody Impacted: Pherrins River    
Contact Name And Title For Public: Kean Galunas Chief Operator    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: An increase in the effluent pumping rate to draw down the lagoons for construction work reduced the detention time in the chlorine contact tank. The chlorine residual of .93 mg/l proved inadequate for effective disinfection, with an e. coli test result of 248.1 MPN/100mL. Public notification is required for results above 235.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HQM-WPJB-XP8ZP