Treatment bypass reported, Aug 23, 2026

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{
  "permit_identifier": "IL0031500",
  "program_report_form_set_id": "5",
  "program_report_form_id": "1",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_event_key": "27215",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_event_id_ext": "1",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_description_text": "Loss of all electric power to treatment plant for about 90 minutes",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_reporting_requirement_code": "1",
  "sewer_overflow_reporting_requirement_desc": "5-day reporting for noncompliance that may endanger health or the environment",
  "wet_weather_occurance_indicator": "N",
  "latitude_measure": "40.118333",
  "longitude_measure": "-88.195000",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_duration_hours": "0.25",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_start_datetime": "2026-08-23 16:30:00",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_end_datetime": "2026-08-23 16:45:00",
  "discharge_quantification_method_code": "BPJ",
  "discharge_quantification_method_desc": "Best Professional Judgement",
  "sewer_overflow_bypass_discharge_volume_gallons": "15000.00",
  "payload_id": "317501533",
  "event_transaction_type": "N",
  "program_report_received_date": "2026-08-24",
  "program_report_start_date": "2026-08-23",
  "program_report_end_date": "2026-08-23",
  "electronic_submission_type_code": "ES1",
  "electr_submission_type_desc": "EPA electronic reporting system",
  "program_report_npdes_data_group_number_code": "G9A",
  "transaction_type": "N",
  "types": [
    "Bypass Event"
  ],
  "receiving_waters": [
    "Salt Fork of the Saline Branch"
  ],
  "impacts": [
    {
      "code": "NOI",
      "desc": "No observable impacts",
      "other": null
    }
  ],
  "causes": [
    {
      "code": "OTE",
      "desc": "Other Cause at Treatment Plant - Electrical Failure",
      "other": "Second source of power was lost due to short from squirrel getting electrocuted."
    }
  ],
  "corrective_actions": [
    {
      "code": "FEP",
      "desc": "Fix Electrical Problem",
      "other": null
    }
  ],
  "treatment": [
    {
      "code": null,
      "desc": null,
      "bypassed_equipment": "Secondary treatment equipment"
    }
  ],
  "collection_system_name": null,
  "percent_collection_system_css": null,
  "reached_water_rule": "receiving water named",
  "timezone_note": "ECHO gives event times without a timezone; read as America/Chicago, the permit's state's zone (a fall-back hour that happens twice is read as the first)",
  "report_version": "1"
}

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