A bit of a problem in Seattle
I used to live near here and went past it almost every day.
From the Seattle
Post-Intellegencer:
Mistake sends raw sewage into Ravenna Creek
An estimated 8 million gallons of raw sewage has poured into Ravenna Creek after county crews mistakenly diverted it into a Seattle storm drain, a King County spokeswoman said Saturday.
The sewage has overflowed at a rate of 800,000 gallons a day for 10 days and likely went into Union Bay, county Wastewater Treatment Division spokeswoman Annie Kolb-Nelson said.
"We are committed to finding out what happened," she said. "A spill of this level is unacceptable. We need to take steps to prevent this."
Crews stopped the flow of sewage into the creek on Friday after discovering the problem, Kolb-Nelson said.
The area most affected by the spill is a one-mile stretch of the creek from Northeast 45th Street near Mountlake Boulevard to the Union Bay Slough.
I am surprised that nobody noticed it and called it in to 911. 800,000 gallons/day is about 500 gallons/minute -- not a trivial amount.
Posted by DaveH at May 25, 2008 9:04 PM