Toccoa Reports Sanitary Sewer Spill

The city of Toccoa is reporting a sanitary sewer spill that took place over the weekend.

City officials said that at about 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, city employees discovered a manhole near North Pond Street overflowing with the overflowing wastewater flowing into a small creek that serves as a tributary to Toccoa Creek.

The employees said that the overflow lasted until about 11:45 p.m., totaling about two hours and the overflow amount in that time may have been around 1,500 gallons.

According to the city, the cause of the overflow was a blockage in a manhole likely caused by debris.

City crews removed the blockage by jetting the line and the flow quickly returned to normal.

The city said that the overflow entered a small, unnamed tributary to Toccoa Creek, but the city adds that there no known water intake points within 20 miles of the spill.

City officials said that all appropriate notices have been posted and the required testing regimen is getting underway.