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Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Cobb County Water System (R.L. Sutton WRF), Oct 7, 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 ga0026140-20261007-1347-marietta-country-club-dr-nw-kennesaw-ga-30152, published Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-05 01:06 UTC · 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: “1347 Marietta Country Club Drive Northwest Kennesaw, Georgia 30152”. Location: 33.98460, -84.62498; 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: “Noonday Creek”. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Noonday Creek, GA. Match basis: the water named in the report.

3. Estimated downstream stretch

No downstream estimate is available for this report.

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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 7, 2026

Ended

Oct 7, 2026

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the day only

Reported to the source

not given

Published

Oct 13, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT

Source last updated

Nov 4, 2026, 8:17 AM EST

Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch

2026-11-05 01:06 UTC

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

180 gallons (not stated whether estimated or measured)

Volume as reported

“180 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

Status history from this report

• Discharge or advisory reported Noonday Creek: Discharge reported ongoing, Oct 7, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT to Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT
• Caution Noonday Creek: Within the caution period after the reported end, Oct 8, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT to Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT

Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using this report and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC.

Source and versions

Source

Georgia EPD Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD

Source record number

ga0026140-20261007-1347-marietta-country-club-dr-nw-kennesaw-ga-30152

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": "2026-10-07",
    "county": "Cobb",
    "city": "Kennesaw",
    "overflow_location": "1347 Marietta Country Club Drive Northwest Kennesaw, Georgia 30152",
    "quantity_gallons": "180",
    "overflow_type": "Raw Sewage",
    "permit_number": "GA0026140",
    "spill_source": "Collection System",
    "cause": "Blockage Fats Oil Grease,",
    "river_basin": "Coosa",
    "waterway_impacted": "Noonday Creek",
    "overflow_destination": "Spill Waters of the State"
  },
  "posting_date": "2026-11-04",
  "epd_spill_end_date": {
    "value": "2026-10-07",
    "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)"
  }
}