Treatment plant bypass: Burlington River, Jun 10, 2026

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

Source: Burlington River (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:7039, 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.

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1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by Burlington River (VT0100307): “East Plant”. 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: Jun 10, 2026, 10:30 PM EDT
Ended: Jun 11, 2026, 7:45 AM 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: Treatment plant bypass
Status in the record: Ended (as reported)
Material: “treated and partly disinfected effluent”
Volume: 225,000 gal (estimated)
Volume in the source's words: “225000”

Advice

“Avoid swimming, wading, boating, or fishing after wastewater overflow, releases, or illicit discharges!”
Burlington River (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:7039
Original notice: https://anrweb.vt.gov/DEC/WWInventory/UpdateFacilityIncident.aspx?F…
Revision of: none (first record)
Revised by: vt-dec:alert:4250

Every field of the record

All fields of event vt-dec:incident:7039
`event_id`	vt-dec:incident:7039
`source_id`	vt-dec
`source_record_id`	incident:7039
`parent_event_id`	null
`event_type`	plant_bypass
`status`	ended
`discharger_id`	vt-burlington-river
`discharger_name`	Burlington River
`npdes_permit`	VT0100307
`outfall_id`	null
`outfall_name`	East Plant
`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`	2026-06-10T22:30:00-04:00
`ended_at`	2026-06-11T07:45:00-04:00
`time_precision`	minute
`reported_at`	null
`published_at`	null
`source_updated_at`	null
`fetched_at`	2026-11-02T10:55:17Z
`material`	treated and partly disinfected effluent
`volume_gal`	225000
`volume_text`	225000
`estimate_flag`	estimated
`authority`	Burlington River (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=49&FI=7039&option=view
`parse_error`	null
`fixture`	false
`file`	events/vt-dec~3Aincident~3A7039.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": "2026-06-10",
  "End Date": "2026-06-11",
  "Start/End Times": "10:30 pm to 07:45 am",
  "Municipality": "City of Burlington",
  "Location": "East Plant",
  "Waterbody": "Winooski River",
  "Nature of Incident": "Discharged treated and partly disinfected effluent",
  "Estimated Volume (gallons)": "225000",
  "Wastewater Treatment Facility": "Burlington River [updateFacility.aspx?F=49&option=view]",
  "Submission Number": "HQP-7Y6B-4HGZE",
  "ID": "7039",
  "_table": "Incident Reports (reviewed)",
  "_facility_url": "https://anrweb.vt.gov/DEC/WWInventory/updateFacility.aspx?F=49&option=view",
  "_match_notes": null
}

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