Last Updated on August 10, 2025 5:13 pm
Town of Boone, North Carolina— General Statute 143-215.1C requires that the owner oroperator of any wastewater collection or treatment works to issue a press release when anuntreated wastewater discharge of 1,000 gallons or more reaches surface waters. In accordancewith that regulation, the following news release has been prepared and issued to the media in theaffected county: Watauga County.
The Town of Boone Sanitary Sewer System had a discharge of untreated wastewater on August9th, 2025 of an estimated 25,000 gallons at 190 Hardin Street, the site of the old LegendsTheatre. The untreated wastewater was discharged into an unnamed tributary of Boone Creek inthe New River River Basin through a stormdrain. Mitigation was put into place by midnight,August 10th, which will temporarily pump the untreated wastewater around the breach. Thecause of the breach was found to have been due to demolition at the Legends Theatre site. Thesanitary sewer pipe is awaiting repair. The Division of Water Resources was notified of the eventon August 10th, 2025, and is reviewing the matter. For more information, contact Public Utilitiesat (828) 268-6250.
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