St. Petersburg has sewage spill at Southwest plant
Two days after Mayor Rick Kriseman stood in front of a line of television cameras to tout the improvements at the Southwest sewage plant near Eckerd College, the plant experienced a sewage overflow.
About 50,000 gallons spilled Wednesday night at the plant after heavy rains. The spill happened because part of the plant's treatment capacity---the chlorine contact basin----which kills harmful bacteria in sewage was out of service because of the massive construction going on at the plant, said Public Works Administration spokesman Bill Logan.
The sewage had been treated until the final disinfectant stage and appeared to be contained to a retention pond on the plant's property, Logan said in a text.
The spill happened at 8:40 p.m. and was reported to the state, according to a notification form provided by the city.
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