WILMINGTON—Heavy rain caused a Cape Fear Public Utility sewer to overflow yesterday evening.
The overflow was reported around 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 28, at the intersection of Shinnwood Avenue and Inlet View Drive. The location borders a marshland tributary and is less than a mile from the Intracoastal Waterway. The tributary empties into the Intracoastal near the south end of Wrightsville Beach.
CFPUA crews took several hours to get the spill under control, and by 11:15 p.m. the utility reported the spill was contained.
According to CFPUA, an estimated 8,775 gallons of sewage reached the marsh, slightly larger than December’s Whiskey Creek Pump spill of 7,500 gallons.
CFPUA said the area “had been cleaned.”
As required by state law, CFPUA reported the spill to local media and North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Quality.
On the map: Monday’s CFPUA sewage spill
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