City of Vidalia Issues Notice of Sanitary Sewer Overflows

The City of Vidalia has issued a public notice following sanitary sewer overflows that were discovered following recent extended rainfall events around the area. An overflow was discovered at 9:54 a.m. Tuesday, March 2, at the City of Vidalia’s lift station number 26 (Pleasure Court). Approximately 330,000 gallons of raw sewage discharged into an unnamed tributary of Rocky Creek before ceasing at 1:33 a.m., Thursday, March 4. The city cleaned up the debris, limed and placed signage in the area, and is making plans to upsize the lift station to handle the flow. A pop off valve near Darby Court was discovered at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 2, which released raw sewage into an unnamed tributary of Rocky Creek. Approximately 124,500 gallons of raw sewage was released before ceasing at 11:40 a.m., Thursday, March 4. The City of Vidalia cleaned up the debris, limed and placed signage in the area, and is replacing deformed sewage pipes that the city has discovered since the spillage.

A City of Vidalia manhole near lift station number 2 (N. Maple Dr.) was discovered releasing raw sewage at 2 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3. The raw sewage release did not result in any exposure to waters of the state. The overflow, which released approximately 30,000 gallons of sewage, ceased at 4:23 p.m. Thursday, March 4. The City of Vidalia has cleaned up the debris, limed and placed signage in the area, and is waiting on the arrival of the main pump for lift station 2 to be installed.