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1/7/2025
WT Staff
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January 7, 2025 1058 am EST
Public complaint of sediment, odor in the water under investigation
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
A drinking water distribution system reported serving twenty or more connections in McIntosh County is under review for compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. A complaint received by Georgia Environmental Protection Division indicates sediment and odor in the tap water distributed to homes in a Townsend area development. The water supply is reported as groundwater wells. The matter is under investigation by state authorities. More to follow.
Walker County: LaFayette issued a BWA and water conservation order last week for customers of the Lee School Road water treatment plant.
High turbidity or suspended particles in the water can carry microbiological contaminants. Turbid water can be sanitized by boiling, get the water to a rolling boil for a minimum of one minute. City of Lafayette supplies 16 thousand residential and business customers, operating two water treatment plants supplied from groundwater aquifer in the Coosa River Watershed.
See how Georgia's drinking water facilities SDWA compliance compares to Ohio, New York, Louisiana and California, here.
Hazardous Spill File
Sewage has been reported discharged from a Douglas County mobile home park into a pond. Records from Georgia Environmental Protection Division indicate a complaint received Dec 30 of an unknown amount of sewage leaking near the Willacoochee Highway. The pond receiving the contamination is part of the Satilla River watershed.
Streamflow Situation from the network of river monitors of the USGS throughout the watersheds of Georgia
Seasonal normal water levels are recorded throughout Georgia Tuesday, the Coosa and Chattahoochee River watersheds are the only areas conveying below normal results. The record high water level found in Sope Creek yesterday has normalized. A five foot spike in the water level took twelve hours to reach apex and another twelve hours to resolve, the measured level near Marietta this morning is below 2 ft deep. No active flooding is recorded in the reference network, and no extreme high or low flows.
The drought map carries a single mark, St. Mary's River watershed is rated below normal in through Charlton County in the Satilla-Altamaha basin.
Fair, 44 degrees at Warner Robins Air Force Base, high 50 degrees and sunny. Fair and 44 at Hunter US Army Airfield near Savannah, a sunny day ahead with a high 60 degrees.
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