Recent heavy storms have led to significant sewage spills in various locations, impacting local water bodies and prompting warnings from officials. In Florida, a city reported a spill of 1.2 million gallons of sewage into the Manatee River, marking the first major wastewater spill since settling a lawsuit in 2022 with Suncoast Waterkeeper over pollution concerns. Meanwhile, in Seattle, the Parks and Recreation Department has advised the public to avoid Matthews Beach following a sewage spill. The situation is similar in Sonoma County, California, where over 275,000 gallons of sewage from a wastewater treatment plant spilled into the Russian River last week, as confirmed by water district officials. The spill, caused by a storm that knocked out power, resulted in the release of partially treated sewage into the river from the Russian River County Sanitation District Treatment Plant.
Last weekend’s heavy storms caused 277,000 gallons of sewage to spill into Russian River in Sonoma County. https://t.co/F4LuqaipM1
Weekend storms caused partially treated wastewater from a plant in Guerneville to flow into Russian River, officials said Thursday. https://t.co/NLyD9pcekH
JUST IN: Last weekend’s heavy storms caused 277,000 gallons of sewage to spill into Russian River in Sonoma County. https://t.co/pBAdAA9agt
Hundreds of thousands of gallons of partially treated sewage spilled into the Russian River County Sanitation District Treatment Plant property last Friday as a storm rolled through the area and knocked out power for a few hours. https://t.co/MVuHE3Nqvz
NEW: More than 275,000 gallons of sewage spilled last week from a Sonoma County wastewater treatment plant, and some of it flowed into the Russian River, water district officials say. https://t.co/L2uk5tzI4Z
Just In: Wastewater from a treatment plant in the North Bay spilled into the Russian River on Friday night, according to officials. https://t.co/psgCsPKHir
Seattle Parks and Recreation is urging people and pets to stay out of the water at Matthews Beach after a sewage spill. https://t.co/9MTBGBr2oP
Oops! #Florida city spills 1.2 million gallons of sewage into Manatee River -- first major wastewater spill since the city settled a lawsuit in 2022 with Suncoast Waterkeeper for releasing too much pollution into the river. https://t.co/0Eo2aU5i6B via @RBallogg