Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Clayton County Water Authority (W.B. Casey WRF & Huie Constructed Wetlands), Oct 15, 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 ga0038423-20261015-6544-ga-85-riverdale-ga-30274, published Oct 16, 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: Clayton County Water Authority (W.B. Casey WRF & Huie Constructed Wetlands) (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, GA0038423). Outlet: “6544 Georgia 85 Riverdale, Georgia 30274”. Location: 33.57654, -84.41165; 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: “Flint River”. Not linked to a mapped water. Name match too far (2.6 km) and the report's town (jonesboro) is not among the water's towns (Albany, Bainbridge, Cordele, Fort Valley).
3. Estimated downstream stretch
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Map sources: water outlines and launches from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License); wastewater outlets from EPA and state records; downstream estimates by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey maps and flow data. Base map: OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.
When it happened and when it was reported
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- Started
- Ended
- Detail provided by the source
- Times known to the day only
- Reported to the source
- not given
- Published
- Source last updated
- Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch
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
- 1,200 gallons (not stated whether estimated or measured)
- Volume as reported
- “1,200 gallons”
Advice from Georgia Environmental Protection Division (Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD)
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- 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
- ga0038423-20261015-6544-ga-85-riverdale-ga-30274
- Original notice
- Read the original notice
- Earlier version
- None: this is the first record
- Later versions
- None
Record details
| Record identifier | ga-epd-spills:ga0038423-20261015-6544-ga-85-riverdale-ga-30274 |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | ga-epd-spills |
| Source record number | ga0038423-20261015-6544-ga-85-riverdale-ga-30274 |
| Earlier version | Not provided |
| Type | Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) |
| Status in the report | Ended (as reported) |
| Sewer operator identifier | ga-ga0038423 |
| Sewer operator | Clayton County Water Authority (W.B. Casey WRF & Huie Constructed Wetlands) |
| Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES) | GA0038423 |
| Outlet number | Not provided |
| Outlet name | 6544 Georgia 85 Riverdale, Georgia 30274 |
| Water named in the report | Flint River |
| Linked waters | Not provided |
| How this report was linked to the water | not linked to a mapped water |
| Latitude | 33.577 |
| Longitude | -84.412 |
| Location source | geocoded from an address or place name |
| Location accuracy, in metres | Not provided |
| Started | Oct 15, 2026 (2026-10-15) |
| Ended | Oct 15, 2026 (2026-10-15T11:48:00) |
| Detail provided by the source | to the day only |
| Reported to the source | Not provided |
| Published | Oct 16, 2026 (2026-10-16) |
| Source last updated | Nov 4, 2026 (2026-11-04T13:17:01Z) |
| Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch | Nov 4, 2026, 8:06 PM EST (2026-11-05T01:06:43Z) |
| Material | untreated sewage |
| Volume, in gallons | 1,200 |
| Volume as reported | 1,200 gallons |
| How volume was determined | not stated whether estimated or measured |
| Authority | Georgia Environmental Protection Division (Municipal Sewage Spills Reported to EPD) |
| Advice | Not provided |
| Advice period, in hours | Not provided |
| Basis of the advice period | Not provided |
| Original notice | https://epd.georgia.gov/document/document/sewagespillsreport20261104/download |
Original source data
{
"row": {
"facility_name": "Clayton County Water Authority (W.B. Casey WRF & Huie Constructed Wetlands)",
"begin_date": "2026-10-15",
"county": "Clayton",
"city": "Riverdale",
"overflow_location": "6544 Georgia 85 Riverdale, Georgia 30274",
"quantity_gallons": "1200",
"overflow_type": "Raw Sewage",
"permit_number": "GA0038423",
"spill_source": "Collection System",
"cause": "Blockage Fats Oil Grease,Blockage Rags wipes,",
"river_basin": "Flint",
"waterway_impacted": "Flint River",
"overflow_destination": "Spill Waters of the State"
},
"posting_date": "2026-11-04"
} Staff names, email addresses and phone numbers are removed from source data before it is stored.