The state Environmental Protection Division could cite the City of Brunswick for solid waste making its way into a local creek.
Altamaha Riverkeeper James Holland has one word for the type of waste making its way into Academy Creek near Brunswick.
"Repulsive," Holland says. Condoms, feminine hygiene products and other non-organic solid waste is getting past the city's filtration system and into the creek used often by subsistence fishermen.
Wastewater plant manager Mark Ryals says, the problem isn't as bas as Holland makes it out to be and isn't entirely the city's fault. Ryals says, "If the public don't throw certain things down the drain, naturally, it won't come to the plant."
Ryals says, the city has budgeted for a new $500,000 rotary screen that should fix the problem. E.P.D. officials say, the city still could face action if the problem isn't fixed soon
Holland says, he'll believe it when he sees it. "Talk, talk, talk," Holland says. "I've been reporting this thing for 3 years, the same identical thing."
Altamaha Riverkeeper James Holland has one word for the type of waste making its way into Academy Creek near Brunswick.
"Repulsive," Holland says. Condoms, feminine hygiene products and other non-organic solid waste is getting past the city's filtration system and into the creek used often by subsistence fishermen.
Wastewater plant manager Mark Ryals says, the problem isn't as bas as Holland makes it out to be and isn't entirely the city's fault. Ryals says, "If the public don't throw certain things down the drain, naturally, it won't come to the plant."
Ryals says, the city has budgeted for a new $500,000 rotary screen that should fix the problem. E.P.D. officials say, the city still could face action if the problem isn't fixed soon
Holland says, he'll believe it when he sees it. "Talk, talk, talk," Holland says. "I've been reporting this thing for 3 years, the same identical thing."
