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Gainesville creek recovering from sewage spill

City of Gainesville water intake from Lake Lanier near the Riverside water treatment plant. - photo by Scott Rogers

Water Intake 1.jpg — City of Gainesville water intake from Lake Lanier near the Riverside water treatment plant. - photo by Scott Rogers

Bacteria levels in a creek upstream of Lake Lanier have been dropping this week following a more than 10,000-gallon sewage spill first reported Friday and stopped on Tuesday.