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UPDATED: Amount of Sewage Spill Revised to 8,000,000 Gallons. Ocean Water Closure, San Pedro

At 5 p.m., Feb. 6 Public health issued a third update on the sewage spill and closure which follows:

The initial report of approximately 1,000,000 gallons has been revised to 5,000,000 gallons and now, the updated report of approximately 5,000,000 gallons has been revised to 8,000,000 gallons:

~ Avoid Water Contact ~ Safety hazard.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has issued an ocean water closure for the following area due to the release of approximately 8,000,000 gallons of untreated sewage which has now stopped:
Cabrillo Beach Ocean Waters in San Pedro — Entire area
Public Health officials are advising residents or visitors planning to visit Los Angeles County beaches to avoid contact with ocean water in the areas noted above. A sewage discharge occurred on Feb. 5, about 6 a.m., resulting in an estimated at five million gallons entering the Dominguez Channel, which terminates near Cabrillo Beach.
The ocean water closure will remain in effect until Public Health receives sampling results indicating that bacterial levels meet health standards.
Please note that the rain advisory has been extended until Feb. 7 warning residents to avoid contact with all ocean waters.
Recorded information on beach conditions is available 24- hours a day on the County’s beach closure hotline: 1-800-525-5662 and PublicHealth.LACounty.gov/Beach/.
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