The operator of Augusta's troubled Messerly Wastewater Treatment Plant is investigating a series of ``operational upsets'' that caused poorly treated sewage to enter Butler Creek and the Savannah River.

...chemicals. Sewage sludge, the byproduct of the wastewater treatment process, is widely used as fertilizer. Augusta's Messerly plant and a similar site in Albany pioneered Georgia's first land-application programs in 1983. Before any plant...

LOUISVILLE, Ga. - Augusta's leftover sewage sludge has no place in Jefferson County, residents told state regulators Monday night.