San Diego
About 400 gallons of oily waste water leaked onto the grounds of a naval depot on Point Loma when a pipeline ruptured Wednesday morning, spilling some of the waste into the San Diego Bay, a Navy spokeswoman said.
Spokeswoman Mary Markovinovic of the Naval Supply Center said a Navy work crew was offloading waste water from a ship when a pipelines broke.
The waste flowed onto Rosecrans Boulevard and property belonging to the Naval Oceans Systems Center, a research base next to the supply center depot. A small amount reached San Diego Bay through a drainpipe.
No one was injured, Markovinovic said.
The spill occurred about 8:30 a.m. and covered an area about 10 feet wide and 40 feet long, said Petty Officer John McMaster, a spokesman for the Marine Safety Office, which supervised the daylong cleanup.
About 350 gallons of the waste water was caught by a flume around the pump house, Markovinovic said, and fuel vacuums were used to collect excess that remained on the street.
Booms were placed along the bay to stop the waste from spreading, she said. From 25 to 50 gallons leaked into the bay and were skimmed off the water.
Markovinovic said contaminated soil will be placed in drums and taken to a hazardous-waste landfill.
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