More Crap (Literally) for our Fragile Environment!

If you are thinking about going to Pigeon Forge or Gatlinburg, TN in the near future...you might want to read this first!

I am in Knoxville where I am receiving most of the news at this time. Gatlinburg is about 40 miles down the road.

GATLINBURG - City officials say they don't know how a wall collapsed on a sprawling tank at a wastewater treatment plant, sending millions of gallons of sewage water this morning into the Little Pigeon River and triggering a search for two missing plant workers

TDEC is advising the public against any contact with the river downstream of the plant.

Between this mess and hearing that Oak Ridge, TN has now detected radiation from Japan in our area, I don't know what to think anymore.

I hope we don't see an outbreak of ecoli from this stinking mess. Not sure if this can be cleaned up since it is flowing freely down the river.

Original link: Huge Sewage Spill into the Little Pigeon River

Maybe the radiation will help kill the e-coli!

reply to post by Wookiep


Had to laugh at that one! But you are probably right!

The sewage container is 70 ft. wide, 40 ft. high and 12 inch thick concrete walls. Not sure at this time what caused the wall to collapse.

They have not found the two missing men. I can't help but wonder if they aren't under the concrete.
They have been searching the river with no luck yet.

Update: 4/5/11, 7:09 pm. Est

They found the men under the concrete wall.

GATLINBURG - The bodies of two missing Gatlinburg wastewater plant employees were found this afternoon under the wall of a basin that collapsed, sending hundreds of thousands of gallons of wastewater into the Little Pigeon River, according to Gatlinburg fire officials.

Men Found under Concrete Wall