(COBB COUNTY, Ga.) — Cobb County’s Water System has issued an advisory on a reported sewage spill at a line near Sewell Mill Creek, just north of East Cobb Park. Residents are urged to avoid exposure to the water.

Over 150,000 gallons of untreated sewage were released. In a news release, county officials said that the leak has been stopped, and repairs are underway.

While the leak was closed and water diversion started around 1 a.m. Saturday, some 152,750 gallons of untreated sewage was released. The leak began Friday night, according to the Water System, where a sewer line experienced a structural failure on Pimlico Court in Marietta.

Work crews placed a bypass pump to alleviate overflow.

Water testing downstream can take up to 25 hours or more to give results. Signage has been posted along the creek, warning passersby of the hazard.

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