Vermont Watershed Management in DEC at ANR


Newly Reported Overflow
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Submission Number: HNF-795F-ZNK0F
Current Status: Deemed Complete
SubVersionID: 690e0462-d56c-4368-ba10-ada8cf9f773e
Location: Burlington Main WWTF
Caller Name And Title: Matthew Dow, Wastewater Facility
Incident Start Date: 07/10/2018
Incident End Date: 07/11/2018
Contact Name And Title For Public: Megan Moir, Div Head Water Resources
Public Contact Phone Number: 8028634501
Incident Start Time: 10:33 pm
Incident End Time: 12:32 am
Estimated Volume: approximately 3,000,000 gallons
Nature Of Incident: Discharged treated and undisinfected effluent
Cause Of Discharge: Other - Please describe in Description of Incident
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Point Of Discharge: WWTF outfall
Corrective Action Taken: When operators arrived they found the PLC had failed. Operators started the appropriate pumps manual and monitored the disinfection from there. The event stopped around 12:30AM. An operator stayed through the night to monitor this system, and are currently working on the fix.
Waterbody Impacted: Lake Champlain
Description Of Incident: A sudden rain storm increased the flows to Burlington Main plant. This activated the wet weather treatment system. The disinfection PLC failed, causing the disinfection pumps to no turn on. Operators attempted to start the system remotely before responding. Approximately 58 minutes of the event was not disinfected.