Officials blame heavy rains for more than 40 million gallons of sewage spills in the Atlanta area in the last four months.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Fulton County’s system has been overwhelmed a number of times since mid-November, dumping untreated sewage into waterways.
State health officials say more than 1 million gallons spilled six times. A 14 million gallon spill in January was the worst spill in Georgia in at least five years.
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