Water Safe After
Sewer Overflow

By Jon Mayhew (Catawba County) -- Hickory city officials said Tuesday the water in the city is safe to drink after a sewer overflow Christmas Day. Spokesperson Mandy Pitts said about 36,000 of sanitary sewer overflow happened about 11am December 25.

Heavy rains of about two inches fell in about a 24-hour period, causing the sewer overflow. No problems were reported, meantime, in Lincoln County.

The overflow at the Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant discharged into Falling Creek of the Catawba River basin. The Mooresville Regional Office of the Division of Water Quality was notified, and the spill had no negative impact on the environment.

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