BLOCKED LINE LEADS TO SEWER OVERFLOW  

CARY , NC – Grease and paper combined to block a portion of the Town of Cary ’s sanitary sewer system resulting in a spill detected on Sunday night in the 700 block of Dub Court in central Cary .  While most of the waste was absorbed in surrounding land, some untreated waste did reach an unnamed tributary of Kildaire Lake , but no fish-kill was observed.  The Town is working with the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Water Quality Division to quantify the amount of the spill, which may exceed 1,000 gallons.  

It took repair crews about an hour to unblock the line and end the incident.  They installed a temporary dam to keep the waste from traveling downstream and pumped the waste back into the municipal system.  They applied lime to the affected land.  

The Clean Water Act requires public notice in the form of a news release issued by public works operators within 48 hours of the detection of a wastewater overflow of 1,000 gallons or greater that also reaches surface waters.  Paid advertisements are also necessary for spills in excess of 14,999 gallons.  

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