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Facility Name: Newport City    
Caller Name And Title: Jason Herman Chief Operator    
Municipality: City of Newport    
Location (street or site): 601 Bluff rd    
Incident Start Date: 05/05/2025    
Incident End Date: 05/05/2025    
Incident Start End Times: 08:00 am to 10:00 am    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Discharged untreated sewage    
Estimated Volume (gallons): 50000    
Cause Of Discharge: Crack/Hole in Pipe    
Type Of Obstruction:    
Point Of Discharge: Crack/hole in pipe    
Corrective Action Taken: The pump station was shut down, and we used our pump truck and a private hauler to haul the sewage to another pump station. We excavated the area and found a broken force main, which has now been repaired. We used our vactor to clean out the catch basin into which the sewage flowed and our pump truck to clean up spilled sewage in the area of the line break. Signage was posted in the area of the leak.    
Waterbody Impacted: Lake Memphremagog    
Contact Name And Title For Public: Jason Herman Chief Operator    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: We were informed this morning of a possible sewer leak. Upon inspection we found untreated wastewater surfacing near the Bluff rd. pump station located at the intersection of Prouty dr. and Bluff rd.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HQC-C1JZ-Y3AHD