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Facility Name: Bethel    
Caller Name And Title: Richard Manning Chief Operator    
Municipality: Town of Bethel    
Location (street or site): WWTP Outfall Lat. 43.82373 Long. -72.62254    
Incident Start Date: 01/28/2026    
Incident End Date: 02/02/2026    
Incident Start End Times: 06:00 am to 09:30 am    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Discharged partly treated undisinfected effluent    
Estimated Volume (gallons): 209000    
Cause Of Discharge: Other    
Type Of Obstruction: E Coli `permit exceedance    
Point Of Discharge: WWTF outfall    
Corrective Action Taken: Working on recovery from toxicity causing biological upset.    
Waterbody Impacted: White River    
Contact Name And Title For Public: Richard Manning    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: Believed toxicity caused a Biological upset with flock formers, causing turbidity. Turbid effluent in turn affecting light transmission and UV effectiveness, causing ineffective treatment for E Coli. From 1/28/26 to 2/2/26 we calculated based upon daily flows that approximately 209,000 gallons of effluent was discharged exceeding our permit limit for E Coli. As of 2/2/26 we are back in compliance with our E Coli limits, but still experiencing some turbidity while we still fully recover from this upset.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HQJ-Z8SJ-TKZ22