Combined sewer overflow: Rutland, Jun 7, 2026

Ended (as reported) · Rutland (incident report on the VT DEC Sewage Overflows page; reviewed by DEC)

Source: Rutland (incident report on the VT DEC Sewage Overflows page; reviewed by DEC) via VT DEC Public Alerts (untreated discharge alerts) on the Sewage Overflows report page, record incident:7020, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 10:55 UTC · notice

Colours no water as of Nov 2, 2026, 6:56 AM EST: the windows on the methods page have passed, or the record has no time to count from.

A report is not a test of the water. See how statuses are worked out.

1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by Rutland (VT0100871 outfall 001): “CSO # 1 - Calvary Cemetery”. Location: no coordinates in the record or the outfall registry.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “Otter Creek”. We place it on Otter Creek, 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: Jun 7, 2026, 1:24 PM EDT
Ended: Jun 7, 2026, 1:58 PM EDT
Precision: Known to the minute
Reported to the source: not given
Published: not given
Source last updated: not given
We fetched it: 2026-11-02 10:55 UTC

What and how much

Type: Combined sewer overflow
Status in the record: Ended (as reported)
Material: “untreated sewage and stormwater (authorized wet weather CSO overflow)”
Volume: 4,890 gal (estimated)
Volume in the source's words: “4890”

Advice

“Avoid swimming, wading, boating, or fishing after wastewater overflow, releases, or illicit discharges!”
Rutland (incident report on the VT DEC Sewage Overflows page; 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: incident:7020
Original notice: https://anrweb.vt.gov/DEC/WWInventory/UpdateFacilityIncident.aspx?F…
Revision of: none (first record)
Revised by: vt-dec:alert:4247

Every field of the record

All fields of event vt-dec:incident:7020
`event_id`	vt-dec:incident:7020
`source_id`	vt-dec
`source_record_id`	incident:7020
`parent_event_id`	null
`event_type`	cso
`status`	ended
`discharger_id`	vt-rutland
`discharger_name`	Rutland
`npdes_permit`	VT0100871
`outfall_id`	001
`outfall_name`	CSO # 1 - Calvary Cemetery
`waterbody_text`	Otter Creek
`water_slugs`	["otter-creek-vt"]
`water_match`	name
`lat`	null
`lon`	null
`coord_source`	null
`coord_precision_m`	null
`started_at`	2026-06-07T13:24:00-04:00
`ended_at`	2026-06-07T13:58:00-04:00
`time_precision`	minute
`reported_at`	null
`published_at`	null
`source_updated_at`	null
`fetched_at`	2026-11-02T10:55:17Z
`material`	untreated sewage and stormwater (authorized wet weather CSO overflow)
`volume_gal`	4890
`volume_text`	4890
`estimate_flag`	estimated
`authority`	Rutland (incident report on the VT DEC Sewage Overflows page; 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/UpdateFacilityIncident.aspx?F=54&FI=7020&option=view
`parse_error`	null
`fixture`	false
`file`	events/vt-dec~3Aincident~3A7020.json
`placement_note`	null
`unplaced_reason`	null
`set_aside`	null
`superseded`	null
`duplicate_of`	null
`reach`	null
`reach_band`	null

The source's record (raw)

{
  "Start Date": "2026-06-07",
  "End Date": "2026-06-07",
  "Start/End Times": "01:24 pm to 01:58 pm",
  "Municipality": "City of Rutland",
  "Location": "CSO # 1 - Calvary Cemetery",
  "Waterbody": "Otter Creek",
  "Nature of Incident": "Authorized Wet Weather CSO Overflow",
  "Estimated Volume (gallons)": "4890",
  "Wastewater Treatment Facility": "Rutland [updateFacility.aspx?F=54&option=view]",
  "Submission Number": "HQP-4XCH-QY762",
  "ID": "7020",
  "_table": "Wet Weather CSO Incident Reports (reviewed)",
  "_facility_url": "https://anrweb.vt.gov/DEC/WWInventory/updateFacility.aspx?F=54&option=view",
  "_match_notes": null
}

Personal fields (names, emails, phone numbers of staff) are removed from raw records before they are stored.