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    Complaint

    41535
    WPC
    11/4/2016
    Phone
    Pollution / Spills / Illicit Discharge
    11/4/2016
    09-NOV-2016 02:25PM

    Location based on SITE_ID

    Site ID
    5110
    Site
    Elizabethton STP
    Location
    217 Sycamore Shoals Drive
    City
    Elizabethton
    Description
    treatment of municipal sewage
    County
    Carter
    EFO Name
    Johnson City
    Site Owner
    City of Elizabethton

    Investigation Results

    Issue Resolved
    11/4/2016
    City of Elizabethton
    11/4/2016

    Complaint Description and Writeup

    Mr. Johann Coetzee, City of Elizabethton reported that the residence sanitary sewer at 620 Johnson Ave., Elizabethton was discovered to be connected to the storm sewer. The camera crew videoed the storm sewer line and found the connection. A 11-4-16 e-mail from Mr. Coetzee indicated the following, "We found a house sanitary sewer connected to the storm line at 623 Johnson Avenue. This was during the course of our normal work. This cross connection may date back for decades. The precise time is unknown. We have started preparations and will have the house disconnected from the storm sewer before or by COB (close of business)on November 10, 2016." A written report will be submitted to the Johnson City EFO. The report received on 11-8-16 indicated, "We are reporting this as a non wet weather event. The length of time this connection has been this way is unknown, but we suspect it may have been decades. Our crews have started preparations and will have the house disconnected from the storm sewer on or before November 10, 2016." Mr. Ed Mullins, City of Elizabethton sent an 11-9-16 e-mail that stated, "I was informed yesterday evening that this cross connection has been repaired. It was finished yesterday, 11-8-16."