Sunday, October 4, 2009
News Add It Up: E. coli in the Chattahoochee
Posted by Benjamin Fisher on Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Gallons of water the city's R.M. Clayton Water Reclamation Center along the Chattahoochee River treats daily: 180 million
Height of flood water, in feet, that swamped the R.M. Clayton plant on Sept. 22, knocking it offline: 4
Approximate number of hours the plant was unable to treat wastewater and sewage: 24
Estimated cost to repair the flooded wastewater plant, in dollars : 52 million
E. coli colony count, per 100 mL, detected in the Chattahoochee near West Paces Ferry Road one week before the flood: 75
E. coli colony count, per 100 mL, in the same location one day after the flood: 14,000
Number of E. coli colonies at which the Environmental Protection Agency considers water "high risk": 235
Percentage increase of the E. coli colony count at the R.M. Clayton plant because of the flood: 18,567
Sources: AJC.com, CDC, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, U.S. Geological Survey
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