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Facility Name: Plainfield    
Greg Chamberlin, Chief Operator    
Town of Plainfield    
Effluent discharge to Winooski River from treatment plant    
02/02/2022    
02/09/2022    
07:23 am to 09:30 am    
   
Discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent    
>1,000 to 10,000 gallons    
Other    
   
WWTF outfall    
Cleaning effluent channel to allow UV system to operate at optimum capability. Result of E. coli sample following incident came back as 10 MPN/100 mL. Sample collected at 9:30 AM, 02/09/2022. Results from lab at 13:19, 02/09/2022.    
Winooski River    
Greg Chamberlin, Chief Operator    
   
   
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Extreme cold weather caused icing of tanks. Plant was operating on one tank due to low flow. Second tank refilled, put back in service due to icing of tanks. Cold temperature causing settling and biological process to be slow. Ecoli of discharge was 280 mg/L which is a violation of our discharge permit.    
   
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