A Knoxville, Tenn., engineering firm is investigating the Gatlinburg Wastewater Treatment Plant where two workers died on April 5 after an equalization basin wall collapsed and more than 2 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Little Pigeon River.
Gatlinburg city officials on April 8 hired Construction Engineering Consultants, Knoxville, to investigate. Veolia Water North America, Chicago, has managed the plant since 1994.