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Complaint
Complaint Number
44604
DWR Program Area
WPC
Date Received
8/11/2017
How Received
Phone
Concerning
Other
Concerning (Other)
System failed to make timely notification of a sewer line break
Assigned on
8/17/2017
Record Last Updated
06-MAR-2020 07:45AM
Location based on SITE_ID
Site ID
5109
Site
Turkey Creek WWTP (Morristown STP)
Location
1722 Tyler Road
City
Morristown
Description
Treatment of municipal sewage
County
Hamblen
EFO Name
Knoxville
Site Owner
City of Morristown
Investigation Results
Status
Issue Resolved
Date Investigated
8/16/2017
Responsible Party
Morristown WTP
Completed on
8/16/2017
Referred To
Referred on
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Complaint Description and Writeup
Complaint Description and Writeup
Mr. Tim Jenkins called to report a stream contaminated by a sewer line break near the Griffitts's residence and to complain about the lack of notification by the STP. Jenkins reported that dead fish were found in the stream after his children waded into the stream, and he wondered what contaminants his children were now exposed to before they could exit the water. He reported that THE SEWER LINE BROKE THE NIGHT BEFORE but that a phone call was not received till sometime the next day about the time that warning signs were placed near the stream. He anted to know why there had not been an earlier notification so he could have protected his children. He expressed his thought that the late notification was due to his location being in a poor neighborhood.
We discussed in the Field Office that the STP probably did not know about the line break till the next morning and probably moved to make notification ASAP.