As flood cleanup continues, Kerrville warns of sewer line spill

Kerrville officials say a sewer line has spilled wastewater in and around Town Creek, and they are warning residents to stay out of the creek and out of the Guadalupe River downstream from the affected area.

City officials say the issue is a sanitary sewer overflow in the Town Creek area near Texas 27 and Water Street. A sanitary sewer line is an underground pipe or tunnel system for transporting sewage from homes and commercial buildings to a sewage treatment plant.

City officials did not give additional details on what caused the sewer line overflow. The city says it has notified the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Upper Guadalupe River Authority about the incident, and said "public works crews are assessing the situation."

"As a precaution, residents and visitors should avoid contact with Town Creek and downstream areas of the Guadalupe River extending toward Louise Hays Park and Kerrville-Schreiner Park until further notice because of a potential water quality issue," the city said in a written statement.

Town Creek starts 9 miles north of Kerrville and flows into the Guadalupe River near Water Street and Francisco Lemos Street in Kerrville.

The Upper Guadalupe River Authority, which manages the river in Kerr County, also issued an advisory that people should "avoid being in Kerrville creeks and the Guadalupe River downstream of Hunt for at least the next week due to flood debris, fast-moving currents, and bacteria levels that traditionally increase after a flood event."

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