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Unclassified record: Burlington River

Not stated by the source · Burlington River (operator public alert on the VT DEC Sewage Overflows page; not yet reviewed by DEC)

Source: Burlington River (operator public alert on the VT DEC Sewage Overflows page; not yet reviewed by DEC) via VT DEC Public Alerts (untreated discharge alerts) on the Sewage Overflows report page, record alert:4250, reported Jun 11, 2026, 7:56 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 10:55 UTC · notice

Revised. Notice about vt-dec:incident:7039, which carries the times. The newest revision is the one used for the map.

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1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by Burlington River (VT0100307): “Potential disinfection failure at outfall”. Location: no coordinates in the record or the outfall registry.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “Winooski River”. We place it on Winooski River, VT. Matched by the name of the water in the source record.

3. Modeled downstream reach

No modeled reach for this record in this build.

Source: water outlines from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); outfalls from EPA ECHO and the state outfall layers; modeled reaches computed by DirtyWaterWatch from USGS NLDI, NHDPlus and the nearest USGS gauge (Jobson 1996); basemap OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.

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When: three different times

The time of the event, the time the source reported, published or updated it, and the time we fetched it are kept apart. Times are shown in New England time; the record keeps the original offsets.

Started: not reported
Ended: not reported
Precision: Known to the minute
Reported to the source: Jun 11, 2026, 7:56 AM EDT
Published: Jun 11, 2026, 7:56 AM EDT
Source last updated: not given
We fetched it: 2026-11-02 10:55 UTC

What and how much

Type: Unclassified record
Status in the record: Not stated by the source
Material: not stated
Volume: not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)
Volume in the source's words: none

Advice

“Avoid swimming, wading, boating, or fishing after wastewater overflow, releases, or illicit discharges!”
Burlington River (operator public alert on the VT DEC Sewage Overflows page; not yet reviewed by DEC) · VT DEC Notice of Untreated or Unpermitted Discharges page (advice); 10 V.S.A. § 1295(e) and DEC: temporary signs kept posted 48 hours after the discharge has stopped

Advice window: 48 hours
Basis: VT DEC Notice of Untreated or Unpermitted Discharges page (advice); 10 V.S.A. § 1295(e) and DEC: temporary signs kept posted 48 hours after the discharge has stopped

Source and revisions

Source: VT DEC Public Alerts (untreated discharge alerts) on the Sewage Overflows report page
Record id at the source: alert:4250
Original notice: https://anrweb.vt.gov/DEC/WWInventory/SewageOverflows.aspx
Revision of: vt-dec:incident:7039
Revised by: no later revision

Every field of the record

All fields of event vt-dec:alert:4250
`event_id`	vt-dec:alert:4250
`source_id`	vt-dec
`source_record_id`	alert:4250
`parent_event_id`	vt-dec:incident:7039
`event_type`	unknown
`status`	unknown
`discharger_id`	vt-burlington-river
`discharger_name`	Burlington River
`npdes_permit`	VT0100307
`outfall_id`	null
`outfall_name`	Potential disinfection failure at outfall
`waterbody_text`	Winooski River
`water_slugs`	["winooski-river-vt"]
`water_match`	name
`lat`	null
`lon`	null
`coord_source`	null
`coord_precision_m`	null
`started_at`	null
`ended_at`	null
`time_precision`	minute
`reported_at`	2026-06-11T07:56:44-04:00
`published_at`	2026-06-11T07:56:44-04:00
`source_updated_at`	null
`fetched_at`	2026-11-02T10:55:17Z
`material`	null
`volume_gal`	null
`volume_text`	null
`estimate_flag`	unknown
`authority`	Burlington River (operator public alert on the VT DEC Sewage Overflows page; not yet reviewed by DEC)
`advice_text`	Avoid swimming, wading, boating, or fishing after wastewater overflow, releases, or illicit discharges!
`advice_window_hours`	48
`advice_window_basis`	VT DEC Notice of Untreated or Unpermitted Discharges page (advice); 10 V.S.A. § 1295(e) and DEC: temporary signs kept posted 48 hours after the discharge has stopped
`source_url`	https://anrweb.vt.gov/DEC/WWInventory/SewageOverflows.aspx
`parse_error`	null
`fixture`	false
`superseded`	notice about vt-dec:incident:7039, which carries the times
`file`	events/vt-dec~3Aalert~3A4250.json
`placement_note`	null
`unplaced_reason`	null
`set_aside`	null
`duplicate_of`	null
`reach`	null
`reach_band`	null

The source's record (raw)

{
  "Facility Name": "Burlington River",
  "Town": "Burlington",
  "Location Description": "Potential disinfection failure at outfall",
  "Receiving Waters": "Winooski River",
  "Date/Time Submission Entered": "6/11/2026 7:56:44 AM",
  "ID": "4250",
  "_table": "Public Alerts",
  "_match_notes": null
}

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