Savannah crews responded to a minor sewage spill at 599 King George Boulevard on Thursday. Approximately 2,500 gallons of sewage spilled as a result of a force main failure at a lift station. State guidelines classify spills under 10,000 gallons as minor.
City water and sewer crews were notified of the spill at noon, and report they corrected it in five minutes. The lift station was immediately shut down and the sewage contained. Along with Jet-Vac trucks, by-pass pumps were set up and pumped the contaminated water from a ditch into the sanitary sewer. The force main was repaired. Crews sampled the tidal ditch before and after the containment and found no indication sewage entered the Forest River. Spill notifications were posted at Lott’s Island and at Bell’s Landing.