‘It’s a very scary situation:’ Sewage leaks threaten coastal Alabama

The expanded complex came online in 2021.

A recent project added two massive Severe Weather Attenuation Tanks to an older tank protecting Three Mile Creek from sewer overflows. Mobile Area Water and Sewer Service has dedicated many of its recent projects to combatting wet weather sanitary sewer overflows, a common problem in coastal Alabama. (Photo courtesy MAWSS)Courtesy of MAWSS

Prichard resident Carletta Davis said she developed an E. Coli infection a couple of years ago from an unknown source.

But she points out one possibility: Prichard residents often see raw sewage flowing in drainage ditches.

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