Tifton Utilities reported a sewage spill of unknown gallons into they don’t know where, because of “High Levels of Inflow,” that started August 5, 2026, reported by GA-EPD on August 6.

They reported it at 1103 Golden Road West, Tifton, Georgia. That’s an apparently abandoned house with a broken window. The spill could be from that property. Or it could be from the manhole in the middle of the road.

Sewage Spill, 1103 Golden Road West, Tifton, GA, 2026-08-05, GA-EPD 2026-08-06

Either is uphill from what we call Willow Creek, which flows through Tanzer Creek into the Little River just downstream from US 319.

Don’t you wish sewage utilities would make risk management plans for high rainfall?

Table: Sewage Spill, 1103 Golden Road West, Tifton, GA, 2026-08-05 —GA EPD 2026-08-06

1103 Golden Road West, Tifton GA, 2026-08-07 —Google Street View

Map: 1103 Golden Road West Tifton GA Sewage Spill 2026-08-07 —WWALS map of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT)

Map: Willow Creek to Tanzer Creeek to Little River, 1103 Golden Road West, Tifton GA, Sewage Spill 2026-08-07 —WLRWT

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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