JWSC takes steps to avoid another Glynn Haven sewage backup

Taylor Cooper, The Brunswick News, Ga.
·4 min read

Jan. 24—The Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission voted last week to approve a $40,000 contract for upgrades at the Dunbar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant to avoid issues that caused a major sewage overflow in the Glynn Haven neighborhood last month.

"On Dec. 17, during a high-flow event caused by excess rainfall, one of our influent pumps failed and caused a backup in the collection system, and we had a significant sanitary sewer overflow in Glynn Haven exceeding 100,000 gallons," JWSC Executive Director Andrew Burroughs told the utility commission on Jan. 17.

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