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How Flat Creek Water Reclamation Facility has prepared for heavy rains after sewage spill
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An equalization basin at the Flat Creek Water Reclamation Facility Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Repairs are done at the facility after pump failures from heavy rains caused a sewage spill the weekend of Oct. 10 and 11 where records from the facility show that almost 5 inches of rain fell there between 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. overnight Saturday into Sunday morning. - photo by Scott Rogers
After Flat Creek Water Reclamation Facility was inundated with water during the heavy rains of Oct. 10 and 11, leading to a 2-million-gallon sewage spill, all the pumps at the facility have been repaired or replaced ahead of heavy rains expected late Oct. 28 and early Oct. 29.
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Update: Power restored to Hall customers after strong storms early Sunday
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Some 1,537 customers were without power in Hall County as of 11 a.m. Sunday, according to the Georgia Power outage map.
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