The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced they were notified Friday of a release of untreated sewage into East Creek in the City of Rutland.

More than 100,000 gallons of raw sewage discharged into East Creek in Rutland this week through a broken sewer line, according to city officials.

A sewer pipe in broke during routine cleaning Monday and began leaking raw sewage into the creek, officials reported to state regulators Thursday. Employees didn’t find the leak until three days and 100,000 gallons of sewage later. When they rerouted the sewage to a different pipe, they discovered that pipe was broken too, leaking an additional 1,000 to 10,000 gallons into the creek.

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