Officials now estimate that roughly 8 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Dominguez Channel on Monday, Feb. 5 — a large uptick from the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts’ previous 5 million gallon approximation.
The Monday morning sewage spill originated in Rancho Dominguez at two separate sewer cover locations on Susanna Road and Atlantic Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts.
LACSD, the agency the agency charged with managing the region’s wastewater and solid waste, said Monday that the 8 million gallons of sewage discharged into the Dominguez Channel and Compton Creek, which lead to POLB and the Los Angeles River, respectively.
The cause of that spill — and several other significant sewage spill in the South Bay coastal area recorded since Monday, Feb. 5 — is the pair recent storm systems that have brought unprecedented amounts of rainfall to the region since last week.
Aside from the 8 million gallon spill into the Dominguez Channel, LACSD also reported:
–A 38,000-gallon sewage spill in Long Beach at 10th St and Grand Ave. on Thursday, Feb. 1.
–A 20,000-gallon sewage spill in Long Beach at Ultimo Ave. and Colorado St. on Thursday, Feb. 1.
–A 10,000-gallon sewage spill in Rolling Hills Estates at N. Palos Verdes Dr. and Rolling Meadows Road on Thursday, Feb. 1.
–A 43,000-gallon sewage spill in Commerce at Telegraph Road and S. Atlantic Ave. on Monday, Feb. 5.
Three other sewage spills — two of which occurred in Whittier on Monday, Feb. 5 and Tuesday, Feb. 6; one in Long Beach on those same days — are also under investigation.
The amount of sewage spilled in those incidents is still pending, Sanitation Districts spokesperson Bryan Langpap said in a Tuesday, Feb. 6 statement.
Several costal areas, including Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro and all oceanwater swimming areas in Long Beach, have been closed until further notice as a result of Monday’s massive sewage spill.
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