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How Sherwood Creek is recovering from 200,000-gallon sewage spill
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A sewage pipe is exposed by recent heavy rains Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, along Sherwood Creek in the Reunion subdivision. The creek bank collapse caused the pipe to shift and begin to leak what amounted to 200,000 gallons of sewage into the creek. - photo by Scott Rogers
More than a week after 200,000 gallons of sewage spilled into a South Hall creek, fecal coliform levels in the water have lowered from a height of 5,700 counts per 100 millions. That number made the water in Sherwood Creek unsafe for direct contact, according to Marzieh Shahbazaz, a program manager for municipal compliance with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division.