Overnight rain event prompts debris blockage at Mud Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
(WorldNews Environment)

At approximately 10:45 p.m. on August 13, 2018, the City of Valdosta`s Mud Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant had a clarifier malfunction due to a storm event that dumped approximately 1.5 inches of rain within hours. The clarifier, which is one of the last steps of treatment before disinfection, became clogged with debris from the large amounts of flow entering the...