Georgetown releases wastewater from treatment plants following rainfall

The city of Georgetown released over a million gallons of wastewater from the Dove Springs and San Gabriel Wastewater Treatments Plants due to heavy rainfall Jan. 22, according to a news release.

The gist

The Dove Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant released approximately 737,000 gallons of domestic wastewater, while the San Gabriel Wastewater Treatment Plant released approximately 975,000, according to the news release.

The wastewater discharge is not anticipated to cause harm to human health and safety or the receiving waterways, and the water supply remains safe for consumption, according to the news release.

Quote of note

“The nearly 4 inches of rain we received in just a few days stretched our wastewater treatment system beyond its capacity,” Georgetown City Manager David Morgan said in the news release. “In order to ensure our customers continued to have access to safe drinking water and functioning wastewater facilities, we needed to discharge wastewater at a level that doesn’t meet our usual requirements for a short period of time.”