SUNSET BEACH — On September 14 around 11:40 a.m., Brunswick County Public Utilities spilled over 8,000 gallons of wastewater near 80 Mill Pond Road in Sunset Beach. County staff repaired the force main sewer at 7 p.m. and the spill was cleaned up at the site.
An 8-inch sanitary sewer, which is an underground tunnel system that carries wastewater from homes or other buildings to a treatment plant, was struck by a contractor and caused the leak.
The leak reached a tributary of the Calabash River, and downstream sampling is ongoing at the affected site.
For further questions, Brunswick County Public Utilities’ Deputy Director of Wastewater Operations, James Friday, can be contacted at (910) 253-2485.
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