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Facility Name: Waterbury    
Caller Name And Title: Matthew Jones Chief Operator    
Municipality: Waterbury    
Location (street or site): Effluent weir    
Incident Start Date: 01/09/2026    
Incident End Date: 01/10/2026    
Incident Start End Times: 10:00 am to 09:15 am    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Discharged partly treated undisinfected effluent    
Estimated Volume (gallons): 8600    
Cause Of Discharge: Mechanical Failure    
Type Of Obstruction:    
Point Of Discharge: WWTF outfall    
Corrective Action Taken: Check valve was opened and cleaned. Gate valve was exercised and fully seated.    
Waterbody Impacted: Winooski river    
Contact Name And Title For Public: Bill Woodruff, Public Works Director    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: Check valve and secondary gate valve did not fully seat when process was shut down on 1/8/26 @1002. Flow was gravity fed from Lagoon 3.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HQJ-GBEK-86NCJ