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    Complaint

    38882
    WPC
    3/16/2016
    Discoloration/Appearance/Particulates
    3/16/2016
    20-NOV-2023 12:22PM

    Location based on SITE_ID

    Site ID
    5710
    Site
    Carter County Work Camp
    Location
    Old Railroad Grade Road
    City
    Roan Mountain
    Description
    Extended aeration
    County
    Carter
    EFO Name
    Johnson City
    Site Owner
    Tennessee Department of Correction

    Investigation Results

    Issue Resolved
    3/16/2016
    Carter County Work Camp
    3/18/2016

    Description and Writeup

    Hugh Thomason (Carter County Work Camp WWTP operator) called BBC on 3/16/2016 to report inadvertent discharge of turbid effluent from the WWTP on 3/15/2016. Maintenance personnel had accidentally left a filtration pump running, which caused hydraulic overload of the WWTP sand filters. The sand filter tanks spilled over to the post-aeration tank and discharged. Facility personnel turned off the filtration pump after noticing the turbid discharge.