WILMINGTON, NC – Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) crews responded to a sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) report that occurred on Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at 1:44 pm on Mallow Rd. A manhole ring and cover was dislodged by storm debris clean up, causing the debris to fall into the manhole blocking the line, crews cleared the blockage stopping the spill at 2:34 pm.
CFPUA estimates that 1500 gallons spilled into a drainage ditch tributary to Pages Creek. This area has been cleaned and the spill was reported to the N.C. Division of Water Quality. CFPUA laboratory will be collecting samples in the area to determine environmental impacts.
This news release is issued on December 5, in compliance with North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1C (a portion of the Clean Water Act of 1999). For further information, contact the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority at 910-332-6420.