Damaged sewer line in Turkey Creek leads to daily E. coli testing

Added: 2026-05-21

[00:00:00]New at 5:00, crews are testing water in Farragut's Turkey Creek daily for E.

[00:00:04]coli levels this after workers damaged a sewer line. Leaders at the First Utility District say crews are using standard EPA-approved tests to measure the bacteria concentration. State officials say back on May 11th, the sewer line break contaminated part of the creek and killed aquatic life along a nearly 1 and 1/2 mile stretch of that waterway. The utility says samples are collected daily at seven locations. That monitoring program is tracking the stream conditions to evaluate the recovery efforts.