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TDEC says creek not contaminated
MT. PLEASANT — City wastewater officials have determined more than one million gallons of sewage leaked from a pipe that split open near Hoover Mason Road.

On Friday, the bottom of a plastic pipe burst, spewing out 739,000 gallons of untreated sewage onto the road near the city’s new multi-million dollar wastewater lagoon system. Another 658,000 gallons of partially treated wastewater flowed back from the lagoon for a total of 1.4 million gallons of sewage, enough to fill two Olympic-size swimming pools to the brim.

According to a report sent to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, the leakage lasted for about eight hours and created a river of sewage for about half of a mile before collecting in a field near Tennessee Aluminum Processors. The leak was stopped between 10-10:30 a.m. Friday. Contractors from Enviro-Works had repaired the pipe by 5 p.m…Read the rest of the story at The Columbia Daily Herald Online>>>