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Georgia city warns against drinking tap water after Atlanta airport fuel spill

On Friday, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport responded to a fuel spill impacting the Flint River, and airport spokesperson Alnissa Ruiz-Craig said cleanup and mitigation are underway.
Because much of the Flint starts near the airport, the headwaters hidden under the airfield have been repeatedly contaminated by jet fuel and sewage from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Around 8:30 a.m., county fire officials contacted the Clayton County Emergency Management Agency, which received another call around 11 a.m., prompting Atlanta-Fulton County EMA and HAZMAT mitigation contractors to respond.
The City of Griffin shut its Griffin's water intakes from the Flint as a precaution, is using water from a Pike County reservoir, opened fire hydrants to flush, and is testing water safety.
More than 20,000 Griffin customers were told on Friday not to drink tap water and to use bottled water, as fuel evidence in the Flint River raises concerns for the Apalachicola River in Florida.

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