The Brief
- A Marietta wastewater spill occurred Monday after heavy rainfall overwhelmed a local water reclamation facility.
- About 288,000 gallons of wastewater spilled from a manhole and entered an unnamed tributary of Proctor Creek.
- Cobb County Water System officials reported that the remaining 9.98 million gallons of daily flow were treated normally.
MARIETTA, Ga. – The Cobb County Water System is testing local waterways after heavy rain caused a 288,000-gallon wastewater spill in Marietta on Monday.
Facility overflow in Marietta
What we know:
The Cobb County Water System Northwest Water Reclamation Facility became overwhelmed by too much water on Monday. Heavy rainfall over several hours in the metro Atlanta area exceeded the capacity of the pipes and channels inside the facility.
A total of 10.268 million gallons of wastewater flowed into the facility that day. During the overflow, 288,000 gallons of wastewater spilled out of a manhole, flowed over the ground and went into an unnamed tributary of Proctor Creek.…