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December 20, 2009 at 7:45 AM

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Daily News: Alleged drunk driver causes sewage spill in Port Angeles

Posted by John de Leon

Another raw-sewage spill, this one in Port Angeles, has closed beaches and fouled the water, according to the Peninsula Daily News.

The Clallam County Health Department says Hollywood Beach and Valley Creek Estuary won't open until Monday at the earliest after about 100,000 gallons of untreated sewage spilled into Port Angeles Harbor. Until then, the two areas are considered unsafe for swimming, wading, kayaking and anything else that puts people in contact with the water, the Daily News reports.

The sewage spilled into the harbor when a wastewater pumping station was taken offline for about four hours after an alleged drunken driver crashed into at about 2:30 a.m. Friday. He's been arrested.


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The water will be tested Monday for fecal coliform contamination, Andy Brastad, county environmental health director, tells the Daily News.

Last Monday night and Tuesday morning, about 10 million gallons of raw sewage poured into Elliott Bay because of an equipment failure at Seattle's West Point treatment plant. The spill forced county officials to close a nearby beach.

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