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Idalia flooding causes untreated wastewater to spill into Havelock waterway

PRE News & Ideas | By Ryan Shaffer

Published September 5, 2023 at 11:49 AM EDT

File: Water bubbles up through a manhole in downtown Houston.

About 123,000 gallons of untreated wastewater spilled into a Havelock waterway on Thursday.

Officials said the spill was caused by rainwater from Tropical Storm Idalia flooding the sewer system.

It happened on Pineview Street near Webb Blvd, and the untreated water made its way to Joe's Branch, an offshoot of Slocum Creek.

Slocum Creek has failed the Swim Guide test 11 out of 13 times since Memorial Day.

The NCDEQ Division of Water Resources is investigating.

Ryan Shaffer

Ryan is an Arkansas native and podcast junkie. He was first introduced to public radio during an internship with his hometown NPR station, KUAF. Ryan is a graduate of Tufts University in Somerville, Mass., where he studied political science and led the Tufts Daily, the nation’s smallest independent daily college newspaper. In his spare time, Ryan likes to embroider, attend musicals, and spend time with his fiancée.

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