Sewage spill closed beaches from PV to Huntington Beach
CITY OF SEAL BEACH
On Dec. 31, the City of Seal Beach became aware of a sewage spill from the City of Carson, resulting in millions of gallons of untreated sewage being discharged into the Dominguez Channel, according to a press release from the Seal Beach Police Department. With the raw sewage reaching the beach, the City of Seal Beach closed water access within the city.
Seal Beach and other OC beaches reopened as of Tuesday, but Long Beach and Cabrillo Beach remained closed, according to a KCAL-9 news report.
The Seal Beach Police Department, Marine Safety Department and the County of Orange are also monitoring this spill. The affected ocean water area will remain closed to swimming, surfing and all water related activities until water quality 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.
