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Facility Name: Hartford - Quechee    
Caller Name And Title: Jeff Lord- Operator    
Municipality: Hartford - Quechee    
Location (street or site): Quechee WWTF - outflow    
Incident Start Date: 12/26/2020    
Incident End Date: 12/27/2020    
Incident Start End Times: 12:00 am to 06:00 am    
Estimated Duration Of Event:    
Nature Of Incident: Discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent    
Estimated Volume (gallons): >1,000,000 gallons    
Cause Of Discharge: High Flows    
Type Of Obstruction:    
Point Of Discharge: WWTF outfall    
Corrective Action Taken: Clear skies and cooler weather will allow the system to return to normal over the next 24 hours. *** All back to normal operations 12/27/20    
Waterbody Impacted: Ottauquechee River    
Contact Name And Title For Public: Jeff Lord    
Call Date:    
WW Staff Called:    
Type Of Notification: nForms    
Public Overflow Report For Web: Y    
   
   
   
Description Of Incident: Warm weather snow melt and rain resulted in high inflow and infiltration to the collection system. High flows overwhelmed the capacity of the facility to fully treat the influent. SBRs in "storm mode" resulted in effluent discharge rates in excess of the design capability of the UV disinfection system.    
   
nForm Submission Number: HP5-9RSE-CJTHJ