Sewage spills into DeKalb waterways

Nearly 19,000 gallons of raw sewage has spilled into DeKalb County waterways this week.

County water reports show 18,020 gallons spilled into the North Fork of Peachtree Creek from the 4000 block of Brownlee Drive in Tucker. A 920-gallon spill was also reported in Ball Mill Creek from the 1600 block of Mt. Vernon Road in Atlanta.

In December, the federal Environmental Protection Agency mandated the county upgrade its sewage system after more than 800 spills were reported in five years.