Sacramento Sewer District to Pay Fine for Multiple Spills
4/7/2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A California sewer district has agreed to pay a $225,000 fine to the state for 80 spills over three and a half years, including one that dumped raw sewage into a suburban creek.
The spills covered by the settlement between the Sacramento Area Sewer District and the state dumped a total of 300,000 gallons of sewage between March 2012 and November 2015.
The Sacramento Bee reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/2o6v58I ) that the district also faces potential enforcement action over more recent spills that happened when heavy rain overwhelmed a pipeline system.
District officials say they’re taking steps to make sure sewage stays contained in the future.
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