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Facility Name: Fairfax    
Caller Name And Title: Brent Sheets Dir. of Public Works    
Municipality: Town of Fairfax    
Location (street or site): Fairfax Wastewater Treatment Plany    
Incident Start Date: 05/14/2025    
Incident End Date: 05/14/2025    
Incident Start End Times: 07:15 am to 11:03 am    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent    
Estimated Volume (gallons): 52500    
Cause Of Discharge: Other    
Type Of Obstruction: None    
Point Of Discharge: WWTF outfall    
Corrective Action Taken: 05/14/2025 @ approx. 10:00am TRC was 1.13 at the time the sample was taken. Utility staff are pulling another sample from the WWTP for retesting. Utility staff will be posting copies of notice and post in locations downstream of outfall. Fairfax THO has been notified of situation. **Update** 05/15/2025 @ approx. 0945 - Lab results indicate we are below E. coli levels, sample from our WWTP are at 26.2 MPN/100mL and is under the limit. TRC was 1.07 at the time the sample was taken.    
Waterbody Impacted: Lamoille River    
Contact Name And Title For Public: Brent Sheets Dir. of Public Works    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: 05/13/2025 - Lab results indicated exceeding E. coli levels, sample from our WWTP were at 488.4 MPN/100mL and is over out limit.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HQC-JWQF-K56NG