Sewage spills: Ashburn, GA, Live Oak, FL 2023-12-01

Update 2023-12-08: Clean Santa Fe River 2023-12-06.

Live Oak, Florida, was much faster in reporting its Friday sewage spill than was Ashburn, Georgia, in reporting its Sunday-before-last spill.

Probably neither of these spills had any noticeable effect on the nearby Little or Suwannee Rivers, and certainly not on the far-downstream Withlacoochee River.

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[Ashburn, GA, and Live Oak, FL, sewage spills]
Ashburn, GA, and Live Oak, FL, sewage spills

Ashburn, Georgia, spilled 2,000 gallons on November 19, reported on November 28, into Ashburn Branch, which ends up in the Little River far upstream from Tifton.

[Ashburn spill of 2023-11-28 in GA-EPD Sewage Spills Report 2023-11-19]
Ashburn spill of 2023-11-28 in GA-EPD Sewage Spills Report 2023-11-19

[Ashburn Branch to Little River in WLRWT]
Ashburn Branch to Little River in the WWALS map of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT)

[Ashburn Branch to Little River and Tifton in WLRWT]
Ashburn Branch to Little River and Tifton in the WWALS map of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT)

[Ashburn Branch to Withlacoochee River in WLRWT]
Ashburn Branch to Withlacoochee River in the WWALS map of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT)

Live Oak, Florida, spilled 10,000 gallons at its WWTP Headworks, “confined to wastewater plant site lawn and garden lime is being applied to the affected areas.”

[FDEP Pollution Notice, Live Oak spill 2023-12-01]
FDEP Pollution Notice, Live Oak spill 2023-12-01

Live Oak WWTP Headworks Overflow
Incident #: 20239969
Incident Name: Live Oak WWTP Headworks Overflow
Incident Report: Spill of 10000 gallons, confined to wastewater plant site lawn and garden lime is being applied to the affected areas.
Report Date/Time: 12/1/2023 11:29 AM
Facility Name: City of Live Oak WWTP
Facility Address Line 1: 701 LIME AVE NW
Facility Address Line 2:
Facility Directions:
Facility City: Live Oak
Facility State: FL
Facility ZIP: 32064
Contact Name: Sean Nicholas Conner
Contact Email: sean.conner@jacobs.com
Contact Phone #: 3864669410
Affected Counties: Suwannee

[Live Oak WWTP and Suwannee River in SRWT]
Live Oak WWTP and Suwannee River in the WWALS map of the Suwannee River Water Trail (SRWT)

[Live Oak WWTP]
Live Oak WWTP in the WWALS map of the Suwannee River Water Trail (SRWT)

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