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Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Cobb County Water System (R.L. Sutton WRF), Oct 2, 2026

Ended (as reported) · Georgia Environmental Protection Division (Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD)

Source: Georgia Environmental Protection Division (Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD) via Georgia EPD Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD, record ga0026140-20261002-30-pineridge-rd-se-smyrna-ga-30080, published Oct 5, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-04 08:30 UTC, first read from an archived posting · Read the original notice

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1. Reported wastewater outlet

Operator named in the record: Cobb County Water System (R.L. Sutton WRF) (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, GA0026140). Outlet: “30 Pineridge Road Southeast Smyrna, Georgia 30080”. Location: 33.85852, -84.49800; location source: geocoded from an address or place name.

Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “Tributary to Laurel Creek”. Not linked to a mapped water.

3. Estimated downstream stretch

We estimate routes only on rivers before they become tidal. We do not estimate routes through tidal water or lakes.

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When it happened and when it was reported

Event and notice times use Eastern Time (EST or EDT). Retrieval times use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Started

Oct 2, 2026

Ended

Oct 2, 2026

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the day only

Reported to the source

not given

Published

Oct 5, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT

Source last updated

Nov 2, 2026, 8:39 AM EST

Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch

2026-11-04 08:30 UTC, first read from an archived posting

What and how much

Type

Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater.

Status in the record

Ended (as reported)

Material

“untreated sewage”

Volume

3,700 gallons (not stated whether estimated or measured)

Volume as reported

“3,700 gallons”

Advice from Georgia Environmental Protection Division (Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD)

This report includes no advice. Check current local health notices.

Advice period

This report does not state a period. See the rule DirtyWaterWatch applies and its source.

Basis

not stated

Source and versions

Source

Georgia EPD Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD

Source record number

ga0026140-20261002-30-pineridge-rd-se-smyrna-ga-30080

Original notice

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Earlier version

None: this is the first record

Later versions

None

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  "row": {
    "facility_name": "Cobb County Water System (R.L. Sutton WRF)",
    "begin_date": "2026-10-02",
    "county": "Cobb",
    "city": "Smyrna",
    "overflow_location": "30 Pineridge Road Southeast Smyrna, Georgia 30080",
    "quantity_gallons": "3700",
    "overflow_type": "Raw Sewage",
    "permit_number": "GA0026140",
    "spill_source": "Collection System",
    "cause": "Broken Pipe Other,",
    "river_basin": "Chattahoochee",
    "waterway_impacted": "Tributary to Laurel Creek",
    "overflow_destination": "Spill Waters of the State"
  },
  "posting_date": "2026-11-02",
  "epd_spill_end_date": {
    "value": "2026-10-02",
    "posting": "2026-10-13",
    "note": "EPD's end date for the spill, day precision, given on this posting only; kept as given and not used as the record's end (a day gives no time the spill stopped)"
  }
}