Quitman spilled raw sewage again yesterday, January 3, 2019, from its Land Application Site (LAS) east of town, south of US 84, next to Okapilco Creek. GA-EPD in its Sewage Spills Report of today finally got the river basin right (Suwannee), but seems to have forgotten which creek that LAS is near.

Quitman LAS on the WWALS google map for the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT).

No amount is reported yet, but Quitman usually spills between 20,000 and 80,000 gallons of raw sewage. We shall see.

Spills reported to GA-EPD through 2019-01-03

That Quitman spill is the only new one in the Suwannee River Basin for the past 30 days.

WWALS diff of 2019-01-03 and 2019-01-04 GA-EPD Sewage Spill Reports.

A bunch of other reports are rolling off the end, as indicated by the strike-throughs and their dates.

Note the Waycross spill of 1,100,000 gallons of raw sewage into the Satilla River on 2018-02-03. That’s highlighted because the scripts are highlighting all the counties that have any part in the Suwannee River Basin. We may make the scripts smarter later.

2019-01-04–GA-EPD-Sewage-Spills-Report.diff by WWALS Watershed Coalition; see https://wwals.net/issues/vww/ga-spills

BEGIN DATE	FACILITY NAME	COUNTY	CITY	OVERFLOW LOCATION	QUANTITY GALLONS	OVERFLOW TYPE	PERMIT NUMBER	WASTEWATER FACILITY TYPE	SPILL PRIMARY CAUSE	RIVER BASIN	WATERWAY IMPACTED
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Posting Date	[2019-01-04]
2019-01-03	Quitman, City of (Quitman WPCP)	Brooks	Quitman	U.S. Highway 84, Quitman GA 31643	0	Raw Sewage	GAJ020022	WWTP	Wet weather	Suwannee
2019-01-03	Dekalb County (Snapfinger Creek WPCP)	DeKalb	Decatur	3267 Pinehill Drive Decatur	66,250	Raw Sewage	GA0024147	Collection System	Wet weather	Ocmulgee	Cobbs Creek
2019-01-02	Griffin, City of (Potato Creek WPCP)	Spalding	Griffin	705 Grandview Drive, Griffin	8,000	Raw Sewage	GA0030791	WWTP	Debris		Grape Creek
2018-12-28	City of Fort Oglethorpe	Catoosa		1st manhole past pump station on Lakeshore Drive	4,000	Raw Sewage	GAU060002	Collection System	Wet weather	Tennessee	Drainage ditch flowing to West Chickamauga Creek
2018-12-28	Jeffersonville, City of (Jeffersonville WPCP)	Twiggs	Jeffersonville	, Highway 18 at the intersection of North Main Street	0	Raw Sewage	GAJ020050	Collection System	Wet weather	Ocmulgee	unkown
2018-12-28	Paulding County Water System (Coppermine Road WPCP)	Paulding		Hwy 381 South of Timberlands Subdivision	1,890	Raw Sewage	GAJ020297	WWTP	Pipe failure	Coosa	Tributary of Picketts Mill Creek
2018-12-28	Jeffersonville, City of (Jeffersonville WPCP)	Twiggs	Jeffersonville	, Highway 18 at the intersection of North Main Street	0	Raw Sewage	GAJ020050	Collection System	Wet weather	Ocmulgee
2018-12-28	City of Fort Oglethorpe	Catoosa		62 Oklawaha Avenue in back yard	8,000	Raw Sewage	GAU060002	Collection System	Wet weather	Tennessee	Black Branch
2018-12-03	Valdosta, City of (Withlacoochee WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	Lee Street and E Jane – Valdosta	64,400	Raw Sewage	GA0033235	Collection System	Wet weather		One Mile Branch
2018-12-03	Tifton, City of (New River WPCP)	Tift	Tifton	Agrirama Lift Station	35,400	Raw Sewage	GA0048470	Lift Station	Hydraulic Overload	Suwannee	Little River Basin
2018-12-03	Valdosta, City of (Withlacoochee WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	1100 Block of Ponderosa – Valdosta (1101 Ponderosa)	13,125	Raw Sewage	GA0033235	Collection System	Wet weather		One Mile Branch
2018-12-03	Valdosta, City of (Withlacoochee WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	1200 Block of Waynewright – Valdosta (1208 Wainwright)	166,725	Raw Sewage	GA0033235	Collection System	Wet weather		One Mile Branch
2018-12-03	Valdosta, City of (Withlacoochee WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	400 Block of Mildred Street – Valdosta	210,000	Raw Sewage	GA0033235	Collection System	Wet weather		Knights Creek
2018-12-03	Valdosta, City of (Withlacoochee WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	1400 Block of Lola – Valdosta (1403 Lola)	56,625	Raw Sewage	GA0033235	Collection System	Wet weather		One Mile Branch
2018-12-03	Valdosta, City of (Withlacoochee WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	Mack Drive Station – Valdosta	162,800	Raw Sewage	GA0033235	Pump Station	Wet weather		Two Mile Branch
2018-12-03	Blakely, City of (Blakely WPCP)	Early	Blakely	Manhole behind hospital	20,000	Raw Sewage	GA0025585	WWTP	Wet weather		Baptist Branch
2018-12-03	Valdosta, City of (Withlacoochee WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	1300 Block of Lee Street – Valdosta (1305 Lee Street)	290,475	Raw Sewage	GA0033235	Collection System	Wet weather		One Mile Branch
2018-12-03	Tifton, City of (New River WPCP)	Tift	Tifton	Manhole located at 26th St. & Ridge Ave.	51,700	Raw Sewage	GA0048470	Collection System	Hydraulic Overload	Suwannee	New River Basin
2018-12-03	Valdosta, City of (Withlacoochee WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	Troup and E Ann Street – Valdosta	31,545	Raw Sewage	GA0033235	Collection System	Wet weather		One Mile Branch
2018-12-03	Tifton, City of (New River WPCP)	Tift	Tifton	61 TC Gordon Rd.	18,000	Raw Sewage	GA0048470	Collection System	Hydraulic Overload	Suwannee	Little River Basin
2018-12-03	Valdosta, City of (Withlacoochee WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	North Forrest and Brookwood – Valdosta	45,300	Raw Sewage	GA0033235	Collection System	Wet weather		One Mile Branch
2018-12-03	Valdosta, City of (Withlacoochee WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	1200 Block of Ponderosa – Valdosta (1201 Ponderosa)	52,500	Raw Sewage	GA0033235	Collection System	Wet weather		One Mile Branch
2018-12-03	Blakely, City of (Blakely WPCP)	Early	Blakely	Willow Glen manhole	20,000	Raw Sewage	GA0025585	WWTP	Wet weather		Dry Creek
2018-12-03	Clayton County Water Authority (W.B. Casey WRF & Huie Constructed Wetlands)	Clayton	Ellenwood	3644 Grant Road	3,600	Raw Sewage	GA0038423	Collection System	Other	Ocmulgee	Conley Creek
2018-12-03	Waycross, City of (Waycross WPCP)	Ware	Waycross	Influent to the WWTP headworks at the septic receiving area and the return line manhole.	1,100,000	Raw Sewage	GA0020966	WWTP	Wet weather	Satilla	Satilla River
2018-12-03	Thomasville, City of (Oquina Creek WPCP)	Thomas	Thomasville	110 Campbell Street Thomasville, GA	9,000	Raw Sewage	GA0024082	Collection System	Hydraulic Overload	Ochlockonee	Oquina Creek
2018-12-03	Lowndes County (South Regional WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	Madison Highway near Exit 11 – Valdosta	35,000	Raw Sewage	GAJ020294	Collection System	Wet weather		Trib. of Bevel Creek
2018-12-03	Valdosta, City of (Withlacoochee WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	Samuel/Holiday – Valdosta	242,325	Raw Sewage	GA0033235	Collection System	Wet weather		Duke’s Bay Canal
2018-12-03	Valdosta, City of (Withlacoochee WPCP)	Lowndes	Valdosta	3600 Block of Lake Laurie Road – Valdosta	21,500	Raw Sewage	GA0033235	Collection System	Wet weather		Cherry Creek
2018-12-03	Eastman, City of (Sugar Creek WPCP)	Dodge	Eastman	Legion Drive Lift Station	8,000	Raw Sewage	GA0046485	Lift Station	Wet weather	Ocmulgee	Sugar Creek

See also wwals.net/issues/vww/ga-spills/.

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