Sewage Spill Shuts Down 2-Mile Stretch of Beach
Authorities closed a two-mile stretch of Dockweiler State Beach and the westernmost end of Imperial Highway Thursday after a major sewer line collapsed near the Hyperion sewage treatment plant in Playa del Rey.
Plant officials estimated that up to 10,000 gallons of raw sewage from the 48-inch diameter line spilled onto Imperial Highway and entered a storm drain leading into nearby Santa Monica Bay. Plant manager John Crosse said work crews were attempting to repair the pipe by today.
A county health official, meanwhile, described the spill as small and said the beach could be reopened by this afternoon if samples taken Thursday show the water is safe. The spill occurred on the south side of Imperial Highway, just east of Vista Del Mar Boulevard.
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