BEACHES CLOSED

levels meet acceptable standards.

Workers stopped the raw sewage flow from a broken pipeline on Dec. 31, but not before millions of gallons spilled into the ocean downstream.

The spill impacted beaches from Pales Verdes to Huntington, according to news reports.

The estimated amount spilled, first thought to be 6 to 7 million gallons, was increased to 8.5 million Jan. 1, according to LA County Sanitation Districts.

The escaped sewage reportedly reached the Los Angeles Harbor at the Port of Los Angeles and Seal Beach’s Surfside Beach and Huntington Beach’s Sunset Beach. Workers installed a fifth bypass to stop the flow of the untreated sewage and installed three additional bypass systems to catch extra flow.