CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A new sanitary sewer leak has been detected in Chattanooga’s South Chickamauga Creek basin, sending wastewater into the creek Friday morning and prompting renewed containment and repair efforts.
The City of Chattanooga’s Wastewater Department says leaking pipe joints were identified more than 50 feet upstream of a siphon that had previously been repaired.
The discharge reached the creek at about 8:20 a.m. Friday, and crews began containment work and moved to restore a temporary bypass system…