Update 2024-08-02: Three more Ashburn sewage spills reported more than a week late 2024-07-20.
Update 2024-07-19: Clean Santa Fe River 2024-07-17.
It looks like Ashburn, Georgia, has spilled 1,806,500 gallons of raw sewage in the twelve months until now.
The vast majority of that went into Hat Creek, which runs into the Alapaha River.
Twelve months of Ashburn sewage spills, July 2023 to July 2024
The most recent spill, on July 8, but reported a week later on July 16, was 100,000 gallons of raw sewage due to “Mechanical failure”. Previous spills were mosty due to “Wet weather”, although there were several by “Power failure”, some by “Other”, and one by “Equipment failure”.
This list is compiled from the GA-EPD Sewage Spills Report, as archived and interpreted daily by WWALS. Continue reading