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9/4/2024
WT Staff
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September 4, 2024 1135 am cDT
NWS: Flood Watch
Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 242 am Sept 4 by NWS New Orleans
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible in portions of southeast Louisiana. Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
Impacting Iberville-West Baton Rouge-East Baton Rouge-Southeast St. Tammany-
Northern St. Tammany-Southwestern St. Tammany-Central Tangipahoa-
Lower Tangipahoa-Northern Livingston-Southern Livingston-Western
Ascension-Eastern Ascension Parishes
Hazardous Spill Files by the State Emergency Response Line
Louisiana
For spills on land, call Louisiana State Police 1-225-925-6595 within 1 hour of the incident. Call LSP HAZ MAT hotline 1-877-925-6595 or 225-925-6595 to report toxic spills. Spills from a vessel into navigable waterways are reported to the Coast Guard National Response Center. Anyone witnessing an oil spill, chemical release or maritime security incident should call the NRC hotline at 1-800-424-8802.
Georgia Environmental Protection Division runs Georgia's 24 hour Emergency Operations Center receiving calls and dispatching response teams as necessary for the incident. Spills from a vessel into navigable waterways are reported to the Coast Guard National Response Center.
From a recent Hazardous Spill File here at WTGA.us, truckloads of chicken sludge reported dumped into fields in the Flint River watershed, these incident reports are reminiscent of public complaints of a similar nature around White and Washington Counties where trucks were seen dumping a liquid on fields contributing to odor complaints and presence of flies. A fish kill investigated by GA Natural Resources found the liquid soil amendment derived of liquid wastewater from a raw pet food plant had been stored in an old dairy lagoon, leaked into a creek. Georgia Department of Agriculture provided the product code and description for the registered soil amendment in this case. A number of approved soil amendment products are derived from industrial wastewater including abbatoir cleanings, pet food plant cleanings and dairy facilities cleanings.
For more information on Louisiana's drinking water facilities, see the latest EPA compliance stats here.
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