Water main leak sends raw sewage into lake
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Construction workers Tuesday plugged a hole in a main sewer pipe that had leaked millions of gallons of wastewater into an ecological reserve.
The 10-inch hole sent more than 5 million gallons of raw sewage into the Buena Vista Lagoon, a freshwater lake between Carlsbad and Oceanside that is home to many fish and bird species.
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