County Reports Sewer Spill On Calls Creek Tributary

An estimated 31,250 of untreated sewage spilled into a tributary of Calls Creek on Saturday as a result of a blockage in a sewer line on Experiment Station Road near the Sheriff’s Office in Watkinsville.

Tim Durham, newly named Water Resources Department director for the county, said that the Georgia Environmental Protection Division has been notified of the spill.

Durham said the cause of the blockage in the line was a flow meter strap that had become dislodged in the pipe.

The Water Resource Department is trying to eliminate inflow of storm water to the pipes in the system and is using flow meters for that purpose.

The county says that the required water testing was undertaken. Results of tests have to be reported to EPD when they are complete.

Fore more on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Posting on tributary to Calls Creek.