TDEC ends monitoring requirement after sewer leak
“I can confirm that [Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation [on May 29] released First Utility District from posting signs and tape preventing public access of Turkey Creek around the area of the sewer line leak first reported on May 11,” said Jennifer Donnals, TDEC senior communications advisor.
“Samples for E. Coli downstream of the event have returned to levels below the results from the reference site upstream,” she said. “The utility says it will continue to sample at the normal locations as part of its operating program.”
FUD general director Bruce Giles said he got the call Thursday, May 28, from TDEC that it doesn’t have to test anymore.
Likewise, “current testing indicates that the affected area has returned to pre-event conditions,” Leea T. Butler, FUD human resource manager stated Friday afternoon. “Based upon TDEC guidance and sampling review, overflow-related sampling and cautionary monitoring efforts conducted by FUD are now complete. FUD has published this update, along with final sampling data, on our website and Facebook page:
https://www.fudknox.org/north-fork-turkey-creek-sewer-overflow/
“We have also shared this information with the Town of Farragut,” Butler said and referred to FUD’s published updates for consistent information for the public.
