CFPUA crews responded to a sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) caused by a failed sewer main in the Bayshore community overnight Sunday, August 4.
At 7:45 p.m. Sunday, CFPUA received a call to its emergency call center reporting an SSO near the intersection of Bayshore Drive and Shore Point Drive.
CFPUA crews were able to isolate the failed section using valves, but repairs are ongoing. Initial calculations estimate that 2,100 gallons of untreated wastewater escaped, reaching a stormwater tributary of Pages Creek. A final estimate for the SSO will be provided after repairs are complete.
Drivers in the area of the repair should remain alert and watch for crews working.
The incident has been reported to the North Carolina Division of Water Quality. CFPUA Environmental Management staff are conducting surface water quality sampling in the area.