As
he indicated yesterday,
Gabe Fisher got his sewage-covered neighborhood on WCTV last night.

Greg Gullberg wrote for WCTV yesterday,

Valdosta Neighborhood Covered In Raw Sewage,

After days of torrential rain, the same rain that caused the rivers
to flood, the sewage pump has been overwhelmed in the Meadow Brook
Subdivison just off Gornto Road.

“You know how bad it smells in a bathroom when someone goes in and
uses a public restroom. Multiple that ten times,” said Chad
Harrison, a local resident.

The whole area behind their houses is just covered in raw sewage.
Your boots sink down into it with every step. We’re talking
everything from human waste, to toilet paper, to hygiene products
and a whole other list of things that are just too graphic to
mention.

“Probably about 12 to 14 inches of raw sewage,” said Harrison. “It’s
just everywhere. It’s all up and down the creek. It’s all behind
everybody’s houses.”

There’s more in

the WCTV story,
such as that the city has included neighbors in meetings, but has not
yet changed anything.
The city’s PR about the flooding
says:

With the flood waters beginning to recede, the city has initiated cleanup
efforts in low-lying and flooded areas, which include disinfection where
necessary. Cleanup efforts will continue for several days or until all
affected areas have been disinfected and cleaned. Until then, the city
continues to encourage the public to avoid any contact with the flood
waters for their health and safety. For more information, contact the
Public Information Office at (229) 259-3548.

I’d still like to know why and when local authorities

let all these houses get built in a flood plain
and what they plan to do about that now.

-jsq