2025-04-07--GA-EPD-Sewage-Spills-Report.html by WWALS Watershed Coalition; see https://wwals.net/issues/vww/ga-spills
FACILITY NAME | BEGIN DATE | COUNTY | CITY | OVERFLOW LOCATION | QUANTITY GALLONS | OVERFLOW TYPE | PERMIT NUMBER | SPILL SOURCE | CAUSE | RIVER BASIN | WATERWAY IMPACTED |
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Posting Date | [2025-04-04] |
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Posting Date | [2025-04-07] |
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Fulton County Department of Public Works (Big Creek WRF) | 2025-03-04 | Fulton | Alpharetta | 12655 Edison Dr. Alpharetta, GA 30005 | 9,760 | Raw Sewage | GA0024333 | Collection System | Root Intrusion | Chattahoochee | Morning Creek |
6d4 |
Dekalb County Department of Watershed Management (Snapfinger Creek AWWTF) | 2025-03-04 | DeKalb | Atlanta | 3330 Northlake Parkway, Atlanta, 30345 | 3,180 | Raw Sewage | GA0024147 | Collection System | Found manhole #18-210-p129 spilling into storm drain due to a grease blockage | Ocmulgee | Henderson Mill Creek |
20d17 |
Dekalb County Department of Watershed Management (Snapfinger Creek AWWTF) | 2025-03-05 | DeKalb | Chamblee | 3041 Northeast Expressway Chamblee 30341 | 7,640 | Raw Sewage | GA0024147 | Collection System | Found 8in main sewer spilling into North Fork Peachtree Creek due to bank erosion | Chattahoochee | North Fork Peachtree Creek |
25d21 |
Dallas, City of (Pumpkinvine Creek WPCP) | 2025-03-06 | Paulding | Dallas | Near 151 West Paulding Blvd. Dallas, GA 30132 | 1,500 | | GA0039241 | WWTP | Force main failure | Coosa | Did not enter state waters |
33d28 |
Douglasville-Douglas County Water & Sewerage Authority (South Central WPCP) | 2025-03-05 | Douglas | Douglasville | 5864 West Yeager Rd. | 42,000 | Raw Sewage | GA0038709 | Pump Station | Heavy storm in area caused power outages and breakers to trip at the pump station | Chattahoochee | Little Bear Creek |
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Utilities, Inc. of Georgia (Big Canoe WPCP) | 2025-03-06 | Pickens | Jasper | Inside gates at Buckskull Facility | 50 | | GA0030252 | WWTP | Weather related wind broke skimmer basket and fell into clarifier and stopped sweep arm | Coosa | Did not enter state waters |
Utilities, Inc. of Georgia (Big Canoe WPCP) | 2025-03-06 | Pickens | Jasper | Inside the gates at Buckskull Facility | 50 | Raw Sewage | GA0030252 | WWTP | Weather related wind broke skimmer basket and fell into clarifier and stopped sweep arm | Coosa | Did not enter state waters |
43d35 |
Dekalb County Department of Watershed Management (Snapfinger Creek AWWTF) | 2025-03-06 | DeKalb | Lithonia | 5476 Winslow Crossing Lithonia 30038 | 10 | | GA0024147 | Collection System | Found evidence of an overflow at the 4in private cleanout caused by an unknown blockage | Ocmulgee | Did Not Enter State Waters |
53d44 |
Cobb County Water System (R.L. Sutton WRF) | 2025-03-05 | Cobb | Marietta | 2404 Mirrabeau CT, Marietta, GA 30066 | 420 | Raw Sewage | GA0026140 | Collection System | Rags | Chattahoochee | Little Noonday Creek |
59d49 |
Fulton County Department of Public Works (Big Creek WRF) | 2025-03-05 | Fulton | South Fulton | 5300 Fulton Industrial Blvd. | 750 | Raw Sewage | GA0024333 | Collection System | Line Failure due to Storm Debris | Chattahoochee | Utoy Creek |
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Dekalb County Department of Watershed Management (Snapfinger Creek AWWTF) | 2025-03-04 | DeKalb | Stone Mountain | 5508 Stonehaven Way Stone Mountain 30087 | 150 | Raw Sewage | GA0024147 | Collection System | Found evidence of an overflow from a septic tank leaking due to an unknown blockage | Ocmulgee | Did Not Enter State Waters |
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Fulton County Department of Public Works (Big Creek WRF) | 2025-03-05 | Fulton | Union City | 7430 Oakley Road Union City, GA 30291 | 980 | Raw Sewage | GA0024333 | Collection System | Grease and Debris Accumilation | Chattahoochee | Tributary of Morning Creek |