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The waste leaked into nearby San Pablo Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West County Wastewater (WCW) was alerted to the spill by a nearby resident, who called it in over the weekend. The agency said it has stopped the leak, which they estimate may have lasted up to two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really disappointing to have a sewage spill of this magnitude,” said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, director of the pollution watchdog nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://baykeeper.org/\">San Francisco Baykeeper\u003c/a>. “It’s a lot to go unnoticed for almost two weeks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth] \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a WCW press release, the spill was caused by a “blockage of grease and disposable wipes, which should not be flushed down toilets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WCW said there’s been no impact to the public, though Choksi-Chugh points out sewage spills from maintenance holes can contain chemicals and pharmaceuticals and can also be dangerous for humans, pets and wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sejal Choksi-Chugh, director, San Francisco Baykeeper\"]‘It’s really disappointing to have a sewage spill of this magnitude. It’s a lot to go unnoticed for almost two weeks.’[/pullquote]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people could come into contact with this sewage water while it’s in the street, and that can cause illness in people, it can cause illness in pets,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sewage can also make its way into the San Francisco Bay and affect wildlife there, including fish and birds, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, there are no reports of any deceased wildlife associated with the incident,” said Eileen White, executive officer of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/\">San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board\u003c/a>, which is investigating the incident. “That’s what we look for: Are there dead birds? Are there dead fish in the area?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White said the \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/\">California Department of Fish and Wildlife\u003c/a> is doing a more thorough assessment of the impact on nearby waterways and habitat areas.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside label='More Stories on Wildlife' tag='wildlife']\u003c/span>“Unfortunately, where the sewage was coming out was not obvious to people for some time,” White said. “It wasn’t like it was coming out in front of someone’s house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that once WCW was alerted to the incident, the agency acted immediately to stop the spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spill has been stopped, but is not yet contained, according to WCW. In the meantime, the agency is collecting samples and running tests in the affected areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Contra Costa County Health Department is also investigating potential health impacts from the sewage that leaked into nearby San Pablo Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While that creek is not a source of drinking water, it is a habitat area and also goes through a residential community, and if anyone would happen to be in contact with the creek, there could potentially be some health issues,” said county Supervisor John Gioia.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sejal Choksi-Chugh, director, San Francisco Baykeeper\"]‘[WCW] really should have put this pipe on a maintenance schedule before this spill happened. This was a preventable spill.’[/pullquote]Baykeeper’s Choksi-Chugh said sewage spills of this magnitude are more common during heavy rainstorms when there’s a lot of water running through the system. A dry spill of this magnitude, she said, is very rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also a reminder of the Bay Area’s aging sewage system, which Choksi-Chugh said dates back more than 60 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[WCW] really should have put this pipe on a maintenance schedule before this spill happened,” she said. “This was a preventable spill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"El Sobrante's nearby San Pablo Creek was affected as raw sewage spilled from a maintenance hole. Household items causing blockage are to blame.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1687312287,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":642},"headData":{"title":"500,000-Gallon Sewage Leak in El Sobrante Was 'Preventable' | KQED","description":"El Sobrante's nearby San Pablo Creek was affected as raw sewage spilled from a maintenance hole. 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Each year new hearts are designed and the previous ones auctioned off in support of the hospital’s trauma center. According to the hospital, the funds raised go to accessible and equitable health care.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1674280958,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":7,"wordCount":269},"headData":{"title":"CA Storm Impact | Zuckerberg SF General Hospital | KQED","description":"Lessons Learned From January's Storm The snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is high, at levels typically not seen until late April and it's also double what it was at this time last year. 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We assess the damage from January's storms and discuss Gov. Newsom and Pres. Biden's tour of rain-ravaged areas in the Golden State.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guests:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dan Brekke, KQED editor and reporter\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brian Watt, KQED morning radio news anchor\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Zuckerberg SF General Hospital Celebrates 150 Years\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital is part of our social fabric, and for many, it's a safety net. The hospital sees 100,000 patients each year, and many face food and housing insecurity on top of their health concerns. The hospital is celebrating 150 years of serving our community, and we speak with the leadership about this historic institution, its challenges and what lies ahead.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guests:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Susan Ehrlich, Zuckerberg SF General Hospital CEO\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kim Meredith, Zuckerberg SF General Hospital Foundation CEO\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Something Beautiful: San Francisco Hearts\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2004, The Hearts in San Francisco project debuted. There are 131 heart sculptures created by local artists and placed around San Francisco for all to enjoy. Each year new hearts are designed and the previous ones auctioned off in support of the hospital’s trauma center. According to the hospital, the funds raised go to accessible and equitable health care.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11938751/ca-storm-impact-sf-general-celebrates-150-years","authors":["236"],"programs":["news_7052"],"categories":["news_19906","news_457","news_6266","news_28250","news_356"],"tags":["news_32244","news_26437","news_27263","news_31961","news_24620","news_32317","news_29524","news_32318","news_464","news_26203","news_5909","news_30508"],"featImg":"news_11938752","label":"news_7052"},"news_11938273":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11938273","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11938273","score":null,"sort":[1674136807000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"our-worst-nightmare-as-storms-raged-millions-of-gallons-of-sewage-spilled-into-bay-area-waterways-streets-and-yards","title":"'Our Worst Nightmare': As Storms Raged, Some 62 Million Gallons of Sewage Spilled Into Bay Area Waterways, Streets and Yards","publishDate":1674136807,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 11:45 a.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Close to 5 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled into Oakland waterways during record-breaking rainfall on New Year’s Eve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In nearby Castro Valley, residents reported sewage backing up into their drains and front yards.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Eileen White, executive officer, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board\"]'When we're out of the reactive mode, I think it'll be good to reflect afterwards about what can the Bay Area do to be better prepared for these events.'[/pullquote]“This is our worst nightmare,” said Michael Nelson, spokesperson for the Castro Valley Sanitary District. “Nobody wants to have to go stay in a hotel because their home is flooded with sewage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nine atmospheric river storms that began dumping vast amounts of rain on the state in late December, and refused to let up until last weekend, overwhelmed aging sewer systems, forcing wastewater agencies in the nine-county Bay Area to collectively release some 62 million gallons of raw or only partially treated sewage into nearby waterways, according to initial estimates from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's enough sewage to fill about 94 Olympic swimming pools — more than three times the amount the board initially reported after the first round of storms in early January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eileen White, the board's executive officer, confirmed those figures on Thursday, but emphasized that they are “preliminary” and “not exactly precise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local wastewater agencies are required to immediately report the estimated volume of any unauthorized sewage discharges, she said, but noted that a more accurate accounting of the extent of the spillage wouldn't be available until next month, when their final analyses are submitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But it definitely gives you the magnitude,” said White, who until recently oversaw wastewater operations at the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). “The intensity of the storms went beyond [most agencies'] storage and treatment capacity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings us to a rather disgusting realization: We’re going to have to change how we get rid of all our poop.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>'The new normal'\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“You forget about it when you're in drought for many years,” White said. “But then when you get to events that occurred over the last week, it's a wake-up call. Because I think that's going to be the new normal with climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These types of massive rainstorms, she notes, are expected to hit the region more frequently — and even increase in intensity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we're out of the reactive mode,” she added, “I think it'll be good to reflect afterwards about what can the Bay Area do to be better prepared for these events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11938381\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11938381 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"A sketch of the municipal wastewater pathway\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A simplified sketch of the basic path our sewage takes from toilet to treatment facility. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Usually — ideally — when you flush your toilet or wash your dishes, waste drains into sewer laterals, which are maintained by property owners. From there it flows into the city’s pipes, and is then diverted to \u003ca href=\"https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/951ee3f1ff624b3f97f2983a5f5d0bcf\">the pipes of the local utility district\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In much of the East Bay, the wastewater then passes through interceptors that act as gatekeepers: If the flow is below a certain volume, it continues to EBMUD’s main wastewater treatment facility, where it is cleaned and released into the bay. During some severe storms, excess water is also diverted to wet weather storage tanks, treated to basic standards, and then released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on New Year’s Eve — \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1609513939376943111\">Oakland’s wettest day on record\u003c/a> — multiple points along that system were overwhelmed and failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unprecedented rainfall saturated the soil and seeped into old, cracked sewer laterals, adding to the volume of flow. As Castro Valley’s pipes filled to capacity, sewage backed up onto some people’s properties, spilling onto their yards — toilet paper and all.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A torrent of poop\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A mighty, mounting flood of poop and rainwater surged through much of EBMUD's wastewater system. It percolated out of maintenance holes in Berkeley, Albany and Alameda, and overflowed at the utility's south interceptor near the Oakland Coliseum, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2022-12-31-1700-Sanitary-sewer-overflow-advisory-__-East-Bay-Municipal-Utility-District-1.pdf\">dumping some 4.7 million gallons into San Leandro Creek and the Oakland Estuary (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The huge influx of rainwater exceeded our ability to move and treat that wastewater,” said Andrea Pook, spokesperson for EBMUD. “It overflowed before it even got to our system, despite the activation of all of our wet-weather facilities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11938382\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11938382\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A large drain pipe sticking out into a muddy creek.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A drainpipe leading to a very swollen San Leandro Creek in East Oakland on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The spillage in the East Bay was hardly unique. Major spills occurred throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to White, from the water board, entire neighborhoods along San Francisco’s Folsom Street flooded with a mixture of stormwater and sewage. (Interestingly, San Francisco and Sacramento, which also experienced flooding, are the only two cities in California that have a single-pipe system for both wastewater and stormwater.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among a host of other soiled locations, sewage also flowed into scenic Half Moon Bay, when Pilarcitos Creek flooded the area’s wastewater treatment plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Serious health hazards\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Raw sewage — even diluted with rainwater — poses serious health hazards. “When we talk about these sewage spills, we're talking about people being exposed to pathogens, bacteria, viruses that can cause really serious illnesses,” said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper, a regional environmental group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choksi-Chugh strongly recommends avoiding any contact with bay water or creek water — or even street puddles — for at least several days after a major storm. “Anyone who is walking down the street is possibly exposed to raw sewage when there's an overflow in the street from a manhole,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Choksi-Chugh notes, lower-income communities of color often live in the most affected neighborhoods — the ones more susceptible to flooding and closer to the bayshore where the sewage ends up. She points out that EBMUD’s main treatment facility, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/50k-gallons-of-raw-sewage-spilled-into-estuary-after-power-outage-affects-ebmud-wastewater-plant/2345085/\">50,000 gallons of sewage spilled during a 2020 power outage\u003c/a>, is located in West Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And that's already a community that's impacted really heavily by industrial pollution, and other environmental factors,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11938427\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1221901314.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11938427\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1221901314.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of a large wastewater treatment plant.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1221901314.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1221901314-800x520.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1221901314-1020x662.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1221901314-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of EBMUD's wastewater treatment plant in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And then there’s the broader environmental impact: The pathogens and bacteria in the sewage — even a large amount of treated sewage — can also sicken fish and other wildlife, Choksi-Chugh said. “It can cause low dissolved oxygen, which can lead to fish not being able to breathe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was on full, fetid display during a heat wave in late August, when thousands of dead fish \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/28/thousands-of-dead-fish-found-at-oaklands-lake-merritt/\">washed up at Oakland's Lake Merritt and nearby shorelines\u003c/a>. The fish die-off followed an uncontrolled algal bloom — known as a \"red tide\" event — likely caused by the discharge of too much sewage or fertilizer into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>So, how do we fix this?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With bigger and more frequent storms predicted, most Bay Area wastewater agency officials interviewed for this story agreed on the need to strengthen the region’s aging infrastructure. The question is, which parts of it?[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"wastewater\"]EBMUD contends that it is pivotal to start at the source, and encourages property owners to fix old, cracked sewer laterals that connect their toilets to municipal pipes. Doing so would prevent less rainwater from entering the system, reducing the risk of it being overwhelmed. The utility says it has already seen a 22% decrease in flow since 2011, which it attributes to homeowners and cities fixing their pipes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Are we done yet? No,” said Pook. “But we're definitely on our way to helping to decrease those flows into our wastewater system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities can also upgrade their pipes — the next segment of the wastewater system — to increase capacity. But that’s extremely expensive, and generally requires exceedingly unpopular rate hikes. For instance, replacing the relatively small sewer system in Castro Valley — a community of fewer than 65,000 people — would cost around $500 million, said Nelson, of the sanitary district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pipes are underground, they're not sexy, they're out of sight, out of mind,” the Baykeeper’s Choksi-Chugh said. “City councils just don't tend to prioritize funding maintenance of these pipes and making sure that they're upgraded and maintained properly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while acknowledging the importance of these localized approaches, Choksi-Chugh also argues that more of the onus should be placed on the utilities, rather than their customers. Water districts, she says, need to overhaul their sorely outdated treatment plants — an intimidatingly expensive proposition, but one whose costs can be partially offset by new \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/1055841358/biden-signs-1t-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-into-law\">federal\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/\">state\u003c/a> infrastructure grants and loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because then we wouldn't be discharging all of this untreated sewage into the bay,” she said. “We would actually be capturing it all and recycling it. And it wouldn't be having these kinds of impacts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I'm really hoping,” Choksi-Chugh added, “that this is a wake-up call for the wastewater industry and for the local government agencies to say we need to invest in better infrastructure around the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes additional reporting from KQED's Lesley McClurg.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The massive amount of rainfall quickly overwhelmed the Bay Area's sewer systems, exposing major cracks and deficiencies in the region's aging infrastructure. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1674325065,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":36,"wordCount":1623},"headData":{"title":"'Our Worst Nightmare': As Storms Raged, Some 62 Million Gallons of Sewage Spilled Into Bay Area Waterways, Streets and Yards | KQED","description":"The massive amount of rainfall quickly overwhelmed the Bay Area's sewer systems, exposing major cracks and deficiencies in the region's aging infrastructure. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/71b9ca2f-d288-4c91-b7e8-af8d015adef9/audio.mp3","nprByline":"Katherine Monahan and Matthew Green","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11938273/our-worst-nightmare-as-storms-raged-millions-of-gallons-of-sewage-spilled-into-bay-area-waterways-streets-and-yards","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 11:45 a.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Close to 5 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled into Oakland waterways during record-breaking rainfall on New Year’s Eve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In nearby Castro Valley, residents reported sewage backing up into their drains and front yards.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'When we're out of the reactive mode, I think it'll be good to reflect afterwards about what can the Bay Area do to be better prepared for these events.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Eileen White, executive officer, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“This is our worst nightmare,” said Michael Nelson, spokesperson for the Castro Valley Sanitary District. “Nobody wants to have to go stay in a hotel because their home is flooded with sewage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nine atmospheric river storms that began dumping vast amounts of rain on the state in late December, and refused to let up until last weekend, overwhelmed aging sewer systems, forcing wastewater agencies in the nine-county Bay Area to collectively release some 62 million gallons of raw or only partially treated sewage into nearby waterways, according to initial estimates from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's enough sewage to fill about 94 Olympic swimming pools — more than three times the amount the board initially reported after the first round of storms in early January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eileen White, the board's executive officer, confirmed those figures on Thursday, but emphasized that they are “preliminary” and “not exactly precise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local wastewater agencies are required to immediately report the estimated volume of any unauthorized sewage discharges, she said, but noted that a more accurate accounting of the extent of the spillage wouldn't be available until next month, when their final analyses are submitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But it definitely gives you the magnitude,” said White, who until recently oversaw wastewater operations at the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). “The intensity of the storms went beyond [most agencies'] storage and treatment capacity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings us to a rather disgusting realization: We’re going to have to change how we get rid of all our poop.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>'The new normal'\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“You forget about it when you're in drought for many years,” White said. “But then when you get to events that occurred over the last week, it's a wake-up call. Because I think that's going to be the new normal with climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These types of massive rainstorms, she notes, are expected to hit the region more frequently — and even increase in intensity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we're out of the reactive mode,” she added, “I think it'll be good to reflect afterwards about what can the Bay Area do to be better prepared for these events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11938381\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11938381 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"A sketch of the municipal wastewater pathway\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Untitled_Artwork-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A simplified sketch of the basic path our sewage takes from toilet to treatment facility. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Usually — ideally — when you flush your toilet or wash your dishes, waste drains into sewer laterals, which are maintained by property owners. From there it flows into the city’s pipes, and is then diverted to \u003ca href=\"https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/951ee3f1ff624b3f97f2983a5f5d0bcf\">the pipes of the local utility district\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In much of the East Bay, the wastewater then passes through interceptors that act as gatekeepers: If the flow is below a certain volume, it continues to EBMUD’s main wastewater treatment facility, where it is cleaned and released into the bay. During some severe storms, excess water is also diverted to wet weather storage tanks, treated to basic standards, and then released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on New Year’s Eve — \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1609513939376943111\">Oakland’s wettest day on record\u003c/a> — multiple points along that system were overwhelmed and failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unprecedented rainfall saturated the soil and seeped into old, cracked sewer laterals, adding to the volume of flow. As Castro Valley’s pipes filled to capacity, sewage backed up onto some people’s properties, spilling onto their yards — toilet paper and all.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A torrent of poop\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A mighty, mounting flood of poop and rainwater surged through much of EBMUD's wastewater system. It percolated out of maintenance holes in Berkeley, Albany and Alameda, and overflowed at the utility's south interceptor near the Oakland Coliseum, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2022-12-31-1700-Sanitary-sewer-overflow-advisory-__-East-Bay-Municipal-Utility-District-1.pdf\">dumping some 4.7 million gallons into San Leandro Creek and the Oakland Estuary (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The huge influx of rainwater exceeded our ability to move and treat that wastewater,” said Andrea Pook, spokesperson for EBMUD. “It overflowed before it even got to our system, despite the activation of all of our wet-weather facilities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11938382\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11938382\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A large drain pipe sticking out into a muddy creek.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61947_020_KQED_EBMUDWastewater_01092023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A drainpipe leading to a very swollen San Leandro Creek in East Oakland on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The spillage in the East Bay was hardly unique. Major spills occurred throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to White, from the water board, entire neighborhoods along San Francisco’s Folsom Street flooded with a mixture of stormwater and sewage. (Interestingly, San Francisco and Sacramento, which also experienced flooding, are the only two cities in California that have a single-pipe system for both wastewater and stormwater.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among a host of other soiled locations, sewage also flowed into scenic Half Moon Bay, when Pilarcitos Creek flooded the area’s wastewater treatment plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Serious health hazards\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Raw sewage — even diluted with rainwater — poses serious health hazards. “When we talk about these sewage spills, we're talking about people being exposed to pathogens, bacteria, viruses that can cause really serious illnesses,” said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper, a regional environmental group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choksi-Chugh strongly recommends avoiding any contact with bay water or creek water — or even street puddles — for at least several days after a major storm. “Anyone who is walking down the street is possibly exposed to raw sewage when there's an overflow in the street from a manhole,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Choksi-Chugh notes, lower-income communities of color often live in the most affected neighborhoods — the ones more susceptible to flooding and closer to the bayshore where the sewage ends up. She points out that EBMUD’s main treatment facility, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/50k-gallons-of-raw-sewage-spilled-into-estuary-after-power-outage-affects-ebmud-wastewater-plant/2345085/\">50,000 gallons of sewage spilled during a 2020 power outage\u003c/a>, is located in West Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And that's already a community that's impacted really heavily by industrial pollution, and other environmental factors,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11938427\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1221901314.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11938427\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1221901314.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of a large wastewater treatment plant.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1221901314.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1221901314-800x520.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1221901314-1020x662.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1221901314-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of EBMUD's wastewater treatment plant in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And then there’s the broader environmental impact: The pathogens and bacteria in the sewage — even a large amount of treated sewage — can also sicken fish and other wildlife, Choksi-Chugh said. “It can cause low dissolved oxygen, which can lead to fish not being able to breathe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was on full, fetid display during a heat wave in late August, when thousands of dead fish \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/28/thousands-of-dead-fish-found-at-oaklands-lake-merritt/\">washed up at Oakland's Lake Merritt and nearby shorelines\u003c/a>. The fish die-off followed an uncontrolled algal bloom — known as a \"red tide\" event — likely caused by the discharge of too much sewage or fertilizer into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>So, how do we fix this?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With bigger and more frequent storms predicted, most Bay Area wastewater agency officials interviewed for this story agreed on the need to strengthen the region’s aging infrastructure. The question is, which parts of it?\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"wastewater"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>EBMUD contends that it is pivotal to start at the source, and encourages property owners to fix old, cracked sewer laterals that connect their toilets to municipal pipes. Doing so would prevent less rainwater from entering the system, reducing the risk of it being overwhelmed. The utility says it has already seen a 22% decrease in flow since 2011, which it attributes to homeowners and cities fixing their pipes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Are we done yet? No,” said Pook. “But we're definitely on our way to helping to decrease those flows into our wastewater system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities can also upgrade their pipes — the next segment of the wastewater system — to increase capacity. But that’s extremely expensive, and generally requires exceedingly unpopular rate hikes. For instance, replacing the relatively small sewer system in Castro Valley — a community of fewer than 65,000 people — would cost around $500 million, said Nelson, of the sanitary district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pipes are underground, they're not sexy, they're out of sight, out of mind,” the Baykeeper’s Choksi-Chugh said. “City councils just don't tend to prioritize funding maintenance of these pipes and making sure that they're upgraded and maintained properly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while acknowledging the importance of these localized approaches, Choksi-Chugh also argues that more of the onus should be placed on the utilities, rather than their customers. Water districts, she says, need to overhaul their sorely outdated treatment plants — an intimidatingly expensive proposition, but one whose costs can be partially offset by new \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/15/1055841358/biden-signs-1t-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-into-law\">federal\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/\">state\u003c/a> infrastructure grants and loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because then we wouldn't be discharging all of this untreated sewage into the bay,” she said. “We would actually be capturing it all and recycling it. And it wouldn't be having these kinds of impacts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I'm really hoping,” Choksi-Chugh added, “that this is a wake-up call for the wastewater industry and for the local government agencies to say we need to invest in better infrastructure around the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes additional reporting from KQED's Lesley McClurg.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11938273/our-worst-nightmare-as-storms-raged-millions-of-gallons-of-sewage-spilled-into-bay-area-waterways-streets-and-yards","authors":["byline_news_11938273"],"categories":["news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_295","news_18299","news_1730","news_5909","news_20287"],"featImg":"news_11938448","label":"news"},"news_11898161":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11898161","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11898161","score":null,"sort":[1638837496000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"scientists-find-traces-of-omicron-in-sewage-from-sacramento-and-merced","title":"Scientists Find Traces of Omicron in Sewage From Sacramento and Merced","publishDate":1638837496,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A scientific research team testing sewage in California reported late Monday that two genetic markers in the new omicron variant were found in wastewater samples from Merced and Sacramento. Krista Wigginton, a University of Michigan environmental engineering professor involved in the testing, said her team is now \"very, very confident omicron was in the wastewater.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 4:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists testing sewage in California say they've detected evidence indicating a low-level presence of the omicron variant in Sacramento and Merced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The research team found small concentrations of a mutation characteristic of omicron in samples taken from wastewater treatment plants in the two cities, but caution that the results do not indicate yet that the variant is widely circulating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The research team includes scientists from Stanford University, the University of Michigan and Emory University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michigan's Dr. Krista Wigginton helped with the analysis and said the group's findings are \"important evidence\" but \"not definitive proof\" of omicron's presence in these places, noting that their \"confidence will increase over time, if we see this marker increase and if it starts to appear in more communities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Samples in eight other communities including San José, Palo Alto, Modesto and Gilroy did not find \"detectable concentrations\" of the mutations linked to omicron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen it twice in Sacramento. We're going to keep looking at it in these communities. And if we see it continue to be present and start to go up, it's a really good indicator that it's circulating,\" Wigginton told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sensitive scientific methods can detect as few as one or two cases per 100,000 people. Samples taken in Sacramento and Merced were just above this level, according to the researchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the findings are suggestive, the mutation does exist in rare cases in other variants, including the alpha strain that was dominant earlier in the pandemic. Scientists don't expect those older variants to be in communities now but cannot rule them out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers notified Sacramento of the findings last Friday, Janna Haynes, a spokesperson for Sacramento Public Health, told KQED in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is useful because wastewater surveillance is one of the tools that helps us identify new variants,\" Haynes said, in a statement. \"We continue with other tools, including identifying specimens to prioritize for whole-genome sequencing, as we cannot [possibly] sequence every test result.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>COVID-19 infections — even asymptomatic ones that never get tested — leave pieces of virus that show up in solid waste, which gets flushed to sewage treatment plants. That's where the research team, \u003ca href=\"//www.cwea.org/news/california-wastewater-utilities-participating-in-covid-19-sewer-surveillance/\">known collectively as the Sewer Coronavirus Alert Network\u003c/a>, retrieve their samples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers are collaborating with 10 cities in northern and central California and the life sciences research company Verily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wigginton said that while wastewater analysis has been around for a while, it hadn't been used before the coronavirus pandemic in such a widespread manner. It's helped cities with coronavirus surveillance, building needed health-related evidence to anticipate where cases could surge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clinical coronavirus samples taken directly from people can take weeks to process, whereas wastewater analysis can come back in a day, according to Alexandria Boehm, a professor and Stanford environmental engineer who also works on the research team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have been able to see the emergence of delta and alpha and mu variants,\" Boehm said. \"Given the success we've had in the past using this tool, I feel confident that it's going to be useful to determine if omicron is present, circulating in our communities, before the clinical data can really tell us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Early data shows that omicron variant may cause less severe disease\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, across the world public health officials are trying to figure out just how worrisome — or not — omicron may turn out to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. health officials said Sunday that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told CNN’s “State of the Union” that scientists need more information before drawing conclusions about omicron’s severity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many \u003ca href=\"https://www.statnews.com/2021/12/04/omicron-covid19-south-africa-data/\">patients hospitalized with the omicron variant in South Africa so far haven't needed supplemental oxygen\u003c/a>, according to a report issued early Saturday by the South African Medical Research Council, which was reported by STAT. Few were admitted to intensive care or developed pneumonia, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And reports from South Africa, \u003ca class=\"\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-africa-botswana-f380ea458f0c1e021955882a7145810a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">where it emerged \u003c/a>and is becoming the dominant strain, suggest that hospitalization rates have not increased alarmingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thus far, it does not look like there’s a great degree of severity to it,” Fauci said. “But we have really got to be careful before we make any determinations that it is less severe or it really doesn’t cause any severe illness, comparable to delta.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omicron had been detected in about a third of U.S. states by Sunday, including in the Northeast, the South, the Great Plains and in San Francisco. Wisconsin, Missouri and Louisiana were among the latest states to confirm cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But delta remains the dominant variant, making up more than 99% of cases and driving a surge of hospitalizations in the north. National Guard teams have been sent to help overwhelmed hospitals in western New York, and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker issued an emergency order requiring any hospitals facing limited patient capacity to reduce scheduled procedures that are not urgent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. officials continued urging people to get vaccinated and to receive booster shots, as well as to take precautions such as wearing masks when among strangers indoors, saying anything that helps protect against delta will also help protect against other variants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Gene Johnson for The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Researchers from Stanford and the University of Michigan say the results do not indicate widespread community transmission. 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","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11898161 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11898161","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/12/06/scientists-find-traces-of-omicron-in-sewage-from-sacramento-and-merced/","disqusTitle":"Scientists Find Traces of Omicron in Sewage From Sacramento and Merced","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11898161/scientists-find-traces-of-omicron-in-sewage-from-sacramento-and-merced","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A scientific research team testing sewage in California reported late Monday that two genetic markers in the new omicron variant were found in wastewater samples from Merced and Sacramento. Krista Wigginton, a University of Michigan environmental engineering professor involved in the testing, said her team is now \"very, very confident omicron was in the wastewater.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 4:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists testing sewage in California say they've detected evidence indicating a low-level presence of the omicron variant in Sacramento and Merced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The research team found small concentrations of a mutation characteristic of omicron in samples taken from wastewater treatment plants in the two cities, but caution that the results do not indicate yet that the variant is widely circulating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The research team includes scientists from Stanford University, the University of Michigan and Emory University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michigan's Dr. Krista Wigginton helped with the analysis and said the group's findings are \"important evidence\" but \"not definitive proof\" of omicron's presence in these places, noting that their \"confidence will increase over time, if we see this marker increase and if it starts to appear in more communities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Samples in eight other communities including San José, Palo Alto, Modesto and Gilroy did not find \"detectable concentrations\" of the mutations linked to omicron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen it twice in Sacramento. We're going to keep looking at it in these communities. And if we see it continue to be present and start to go up, it's a really good indicator that it's circulating,\" Wigginton told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sensitive scientific methods can detect as few as one or two cases per 100,000 people. Samples taken in Sacramento and Merced were just above this level, according to the researchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the findings are suggestive, the mutation does exist in rare cases in other variants, including the alpha strain that was dominant earlier in the pandemic. Scientists don't expect those older variants to be in communities now but cannot rule them out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers notified Sacramento of the findings last Friday, Janna Haynes, a spokesperson for Sacramento Public Health, told KQED in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is useful because wastewater surveillance is one of the tools that helps us identify new variants,\" Haynes said, in a statement. \"We continue with other tools, including identifying specimens to prioritize for whole-genome sequencing, as we cannot [possibly] sequence every test result.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>COVID-19 infections — even asymptomatic ones that never get tested — leave pieces of virus that show up in solid waste, which gets flushed to sewage treatment plants. That's where the research team, \u003ca href=\"//www.cwea.org/news/california-wastewater-utilities-participating-in-covid-19-sewer-surveillance/\">known collectively as the Sewer Coronavirus Alert Network\u003c/a>, retrieve their samples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers are collaborating with 10 cities in northern and central California and the life sciences research company Verily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wigginton said that while wastewater analysis has been around for a while, it hadn't been used before the coronavirus pandemic in such a widespread manner. It's helped cities with coronavirus surveillance, building needed health-related evidence to anticipate where cases could surge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clinical coronavirus samples taken directly from people can take weeks to process, whereas wastewater analysis can come back in a day, according to Alexandria Boehm, a professor and Stanford environmental engineer who also works on the research team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have been able to see the emergence of delta and alpha and mu variants,\" Boehm said. \"Given the success we've had in the past using this tool, I feel confident that it's going to be useful to determine if omicron is present, circulating in our communities, before the clinical data can really tell us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Early data shows that omicron variant may cause less severe disease\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, across the world public health officials are trying to figure out just how worrisome — or not — omicron may turn out to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. health officials said Sunday that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told CNN’s “State of the Union” that scientists need more information before drawing conclusions about omicron’s severity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many \u003ca href=\"https://www.statnews.com/2021/12/04/omicron-covid19-south-africa-data/\">patients hospitalized with the omicron variant in South Africa so far haven't needed supplemental oxygen\u003c/a>, according to a report issued early Saturday by the South African Medical Research Council, which was reported by STAT. Few were admitted to intensive care or developed pneumonia, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And reports from South Africa, \u003ca class=\"\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-africa-botswana-f380ea458f0c1e021955882a7145810a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">where it emerged \u003c/a>and is becoming the dominant strain, suggest that hospitalization rates have not increased alarmingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thus far, it does not look like there’s a great degree of severity to it,” Fauci said. “But we have really got to be careful before we make any determinations that it is less severe or it really doesn’t cause any severe illness, comparable to delta.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omicron had been detected in about a third of U.S. states by Sunday, including in the Northeast, the South, the Great Plains and in San Francisco. Wisconsin, Missouri and Louisiana were among the latest states to confirm cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But delta remains the dominant variant, making up more than 99% of cases and driving a surge of hospitalizations in the north. National Guard teams have been sent to help overwhelmed hospitals in western New York, and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker issued an emergency order requiring any hospitals facing limited patient capacity to reduce scheduled procedures that are not urgent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. officials continued urging people to get vaccinated and to receive booster shots, as well as to take precautions such as wearing masks when among strangers indoors, saying anything that helps protect against delta will also help protect against other variants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Gene Johnson for The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11898161/scientists-find-traces-of-omicron-in-sewage-from-sacramento-and-merced","authors":["11495","11690"],"categories":["news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_27350","news_28199","news_30305","news_19960","news_95","news_5909"],"featImg":"news_11898212","label":"news"},"news_11852567":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11852567","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11852567","score":null,"sort":[1608754489000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"state-investigates-second-outage-caused-ebmud-sewage-spill-in-months","title":"State Investigates Second Outage-Caused EBMUD Sewage Spill in Months","publishDate":1608754489,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Dec. 25, 2020 at 8:45 a.m. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State water quality regulators are investigating a large wastewater spill that sent close to 100,000 gallons of untreated sewage into an Alameda lagoon last week, prompting the East Bay's largest water agency to urge people to stay out of the body of water for eight days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A power outage at an East Bay Municipal Utility District pumping station, along with a problem with a backup generator, led to the release of the sludge on Bay Farm Island on Dec. 16, according to the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The release marks the second time in the last four months that power problems at the agency led to a major sewage spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11852616\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11852616 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A sign that reads 'Sanitary Sewer Overflow Advisory' near a lagoon in Alameda.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Alameda lagoon where a power outage resulted in a massive sewage spill. \u003ccite>(Mary Spicer)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In August, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835999/east-bay-municipal-utility-district-major-oakland-sewage-spill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a series of electrical failures\u003c/a> at EBMUD's main wastewater treatment plant caused the release of 47,000 gallons of untreated sewage and 3.7 million gallons of partially treated wastewater into the Oakland Estuary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Two large sewage spills resulting from power outages and backup generator failures in a matter of months can no longer be excused as an accident,\" said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper, which for years has pushed EBMUD to do more to prevent wastewater spills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper']'Two large sewage spills resulting from power outages and backup generator failures in a matter of months can no longer be excused as an accident.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This appears to be an operational problem that EBMUD needs to solve in order to prevent these kinds of spills from posing a significant health threat to the Bay and the people of the Bay Area,\" Choksi-Chugh said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland estuary release in August garnered significant media attention. It came at around the same time California put in place rolling blackouts for the first time in decades, when public scrutiny of the state's infrastructure was heightened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EBMUD representative Andrea Pook stresses that the summer spill and last week's spill in Alameda are not connected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were two spills due to power outages but they were completely different circumstances,\" Pook said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most recent spill took place near Robert Davey Jr. Drive and Packet Landing Road by Earhart Elementary School. Initially, crews reported that around 10,000 gallons had been released. Two days later, EBMUD revised up its estimate to 97,000 gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/TedrickG/status/1340122131091214336?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pook said the agency is trying to find out what led to the outage, but that it was not caused by a problem with Alameda Municipal Power, which supplies electricity to the facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the sewage seeped out of storm drains as it made its way west toward the lagoon, prompting odor complaints from some Harbor Bay residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's the horrible rotten egg smell now?\" one resident asked on the neighborhood social network Nextdoor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pook said crews were called out to clean the wastewater from the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lagoon where the sewage emptied into has gates that blocked the sludge from entering the San Francisco Bay, according to EBMUD and state water regulators. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebmud.com/customers/alerts/sanitary-sewer-overflow-advisory/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">detected bacteria concentrations\u003c/a> in the lagoon that exceeded state standards, so they posted signs in the area, urging people not to enter the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bacteria levels eventually fell below those standards last Wednesday, according to a post on EBMUD's website the following day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board is looking into the spill, according to Bill Johnson, who heads a division of the board that focuses on enforcement and pollution. That review could lead to a fine or required fixes at EBMUD, Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated after EBMUD revealed Dec. 24 that water quality in the lagoon where the sewage spilled into had eventually improved. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Four months after Oakland Estuary spill, the agency has suffered another outage-caused sewage release — close to 100,000 gallons of sewage has spilled into a lagoon in Alameda.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1608916939,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":663},"headData":{"title":"State Investigates Second Outage-Caused EBMUD Sewage Spill in Months | KQED","description":"Four months after Oakland Estuary spill, the agency has suffered another outage-caused sewage release — close to 100,000 gallons of sewage has spilled into a lagoon in Alameda.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11852567 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11852567","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/12/23/state-investigates-second-outage-caused-ebmud-sewage-spill-in-months/","disqusTitle":"State Investigates Second Outage-Caused EBMUD Sewage Spill in Months","path":"/news/11852567/state-investigates-second-outage-caused-ebmud-sewage-spill-in-months","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Dec. 25, 2020 at 8:45 a.m. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State water quality regulators are investigating a large wastewater spill that sent close to 100,000 gallons of untreated sewage into an Alameda lagoon last week, prompting the East Bay's largest water agency to urge people to stay out of the body of water for eight days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A power outage at an East Bay Municipal Utility District pumping station, along with a problem with a backup generator, led to the release of the sludge on Bay Farm Island on Dec. 16, according to the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The release marks the second time in the last four months that power problems at the agency led to a major sewage spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11852616\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11852616 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A sign that reads 'Sanitary Sewer Overflow Advisory' near a lagoon in Alameda.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46485_IMG_4624-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Alameda lagoon where a power outage resulted in a massive sewage spill. \u003ccite>(Mary Spicer)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In August, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835999/east-bay-municipal-utility-district-major-oakland-sewage-spill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a series of electrical failures\u003c/a> at EBMUD's main wastewater treatment plant caused the release of 47,000 gallons of untreated sewage and 3.7 million gallons of partially treated wastewater into the Oakland Estuary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Two large sewage spills resulting from power outages and backup generator failures in a matter of months can no longer be excused as an accident,\" said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper, which for years has pushed EBMUD to do more to prevent wastewater spills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Two large sewage spills resulting from power outages and backup generator failures in a matter of months can no longer be excused as an accident.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This appears to be an operational problem that EBMUD needs to solve in order to prevent these kinds of spills from posing a significant health threat to the Bay and the people of the Bay Area,\" Choksi-Chugh said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland estuary release in August garnered significant media attention. It came at around the same time California put in place rolling blackouts for the first time in decades, when public scrutiny of the state's infrastructure was heightened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EBMUD representative Andrea Pook stresses that the summer spill and last week's spill in Alameda are not connected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were two spills due to power outages but they were completely different circumstances,\" Pook said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most recent spill took place near Robert Davey Jr. Drive and Packet Landing Road by Earhart Elementary School. Initially, crews reported that around 10,000 gallons had been released. Two days later, EBMUD revised up its estimate to 97,000 gallons.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1340122131091214336"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Pook said the agency is trying to find out what led to the outage, but that it was not caused by a problem with Alameda Municipal Power, which supplies electricity to the facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the sewage seeped out of storm drains as it made its way west toward the lagoon, prompting odor complaints from some Harbor Bay residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's the horrible rotten egg smell now?\" one resident asked on the neighborhood social network Nextdoor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pook said crews were called out to clean the wastewater from the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lagoon where the sewage emptied into has gates that blocked the sludge from entering the San Francisco Bay, according to EBMUD and state water regulators. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebmud.com/customers/alerts/sanitary-sewer-overflow-advisory/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">detected bacteria concentrations\u003c/a> in the lagoon that exceeded state standards, so they posted signs in the area, urging people not to enter the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bacteria levels eventually fell below those standards last Wednesday, according to a post on EBMUD's website the following day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board is looking into the spill, according to Bill Johnson, who heads a division of the board that focuses on enforcement and pollution. That review could lead to a fine or required fixes at EBMUD, Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated after EBMUD revealed Dec. 24 that water quality in the lagoon where the sewage spilled into had eventually improved. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11852567/state-investigates-second-outage-caused-ebmud-sewage-spill-in-months","authors":["258"],"categories":["news_19906","news_457","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_4496","news_1084","news_5909","news_20287"],"featImg":"news_11852612","label":"news"},"news_11833533":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11833533","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11833533","score":null,"sort":[1597531617000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"50000-gallons-of-raw-sewage-floods-oakland-estuary-after-power-outage","title":"50,000 Gallons of Sewage Floods Oakland Estuary After Power Outage","publishDate":1597531617,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>People are being advised to stay out of the Oakland Estuary after it flooded with sewage early Saturday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A power outage caused a major failure at East Bay Municipal Utility District's main wastewater treatment plant last night sending 50,000 gallons of raw sewage, about the size of a small, single-story home into the Oakland Estuary near Jack London Square on Saturday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The power outage impacting the wastewater treatment plant was not related to ongoing, rotating outages, according to PG&E. This secondary outage affected 4,150 PG&E customers in Oakland and began at about 5:20 p.m. Power was restored by 6:40 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outage's cause is under investigation, according to the utility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/TedrickG/status/1294664043463024640\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This power outage caused [a] failure of major equipment at the wastewater plant, including the ability for EBMUD to generate its own power on-site,\" EBMUD spokewoman Andrea Pook said in an email. \"The power outage resulted in major flooding of the pump station that transports sewage from East Bay communities via pipes to the plant for treatment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outage led to major flooding of a pump station that takes sewage from homes and businesses in the East Bay to pipes at the plant to be treated. The sludge at the pump station overflowed, sending raw sewage into the estuary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pook said crews worked overnight to fix the problem. While the plant does have backup bower, \"it's not just the flip of a switch to turn it on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Unfortunately, we learned of the outage when the lights went out at the plant,\" Pook added, \"we do have the ability to utilize our own power if needed in emergencies, but it takes a little time to change the electrical configuration at the plant to be independent of PG&E power.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of the environmental advocacy group San Francisco Baykeeper, said \"wildlife are already exposed to way too much industrial waste and urban pollution\" in the Oakland estuary and that raw sewage contains bacteria, viruses and other harmful pathogens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The causes of the spill need to be investigated, and the responsible agencies should be held accountable for this mess,\" Choksi-Chugh added. \"But the immediately critical task is to get the word out to everyone who lives, works and recreates around the Oakland Estuary to stay out of the water for a few days. People are going to be drawn to the water on hot days like this, and it's important to warn them to stay away from the polluted areas right now to be safe.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when KQED talked to more than a dozen people enjoying the sun at Jack London Square on Saturday, none had heard of the sewage spillage. People were canoeing and jet skiing on the water. Many complained of a strong smell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's the first time I'm hearing about it,\" said Ian Custodio, who lives in the East Bay. Ellen Xie, who came out to Jack London Square to watch the boats go by, said \"no, I haven't heard\" of the spillage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to minimize water quality impacts, EBMUD is discharging partially treated wastewater from its San Antonio Creek facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rowing clubs and other businesses in Jack London Square have been notified, according to EBMUD. People are advised to stay out of the water.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"People are being advised to stay out of the Oakland Estuary after it flooded with sewage early Saturday morning.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1597683915,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":573},"headData":{"title":"50,000 Gallons of Sewage Floods Oakland Estuary After Power Outage | KQED","description":"People are being advised to stay out of the Oakland Estuary after it flooded with sewage early Saturday morning.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11833533 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11833533","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/08/15/50000-gallons-of-raw-sewage-floods-oakland-estuary-after-power-outage/","disqusTitle":"50,000 Gallons of Sewage Floods Oakland Estuary After Power Outage","source":"News","sourceUrl":"http://kqed.org/","path":"/news/11833533/50000-gallons-of-raw-sewage-floods-oakland-estuary-after-power-outage","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>People are being advised to stay out of the Oakland Estuary after it flooded with sewage early Saturday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A power outage caused a major failure at East Bay Municipal Utility District's main wastewater treatment plant last night sending 50,000 gallons of raw sewage, about the size of a small, single-story home into the Oakland Estuary near Jack London Square on Saturday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The power outage impacting the wastewater treatment plant was not related to ongoing, rotating outages, according to PG&E. This secondary outage affected 4,150 PG&E customers in Oakland and began at about 5:20 p.m. Power was restored by 6:40 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outage's cause is under investigation, according to the utility.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1294664043463024640"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This power outage caused [a] failure of major equipment at the wastewater plant, including the ability for EBMUD to generate its own power on-site,\" EBMUD spokewoman Andrea Pook said in an email. \"The power outage resulted in major flooding of the pump station that transports sewage from East Bay communities via pipes to the plant for treatment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outage led to major flooding of a pump station that takes sewage from homes and businesses in the East Bay to pipes at the plant to be treated. The sludge at the pump station overflowed, sending raw sewage into the estuary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pook said crews worked overnight to fix the problem. While the plant does have backup bower, \"it's not just the flip of a switch to turn it on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Unfortunately, we learned of the outage when the lights went out at the plant,\" Pook added, \"we do have the ability to utilize our own power if needed in emergencies, but it takes a little time to change the electrical configuration at the plant to be independent of PG&E power.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of the environmental advocacy group San Francisco Baykeeper, said \"wildlife are already exposed to way too much industrial waste and urban pollution\" in the Oakland estuary and that raw sewage contains bacteria, viruses and other harmful pathogens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The causes of the spill need to be investigated, and the responsible agencies should be held accountable for this mess,\" Choksi-Chugh added. \"But the immediately critical task is to get the word out to everyone who lives, works and recreates around the Oakland Estuary to stay out of the water for a few days. People are going to be drawn to the water on hot days like this, and it's important to warn them to stay away from the polluted areas right now to be safe.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when KQED talked to more than a dozen people enjoying the sun at Jack London Square on Saturday, none had heard of the sewage spillage. People were canoeing and jet skiing on the water. Many complained of a strong smell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's the first time I'm hearing about it,\" said Ian Custodio, who lives in the East Bay. Ellen Xie, who came out to Jack London Square to watch the boats go by, said \"no, I haven't heard\" of the spillage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to minimize water quality impacts, EBMUD is discharging partially treated wastewater from its San Antonio Creek facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rowing clubs and other businesses in Jack London Square have been notified, according to EBMUD. People are advised to stay out of the water.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11833533/50000-gallons-of-raw-sewage-floods-oakland-estuary-after-power-outage","authors":["258","11626","11690"],"categories":["news_19906","news_28250","news_8"],"tags":["news_295","news_28407","news_18","news_140","news_1084","news_5909","news_483"],"featImg":"news_11833581","label":"source_news_11833533"},"news_11800746":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11800746","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11800746","score":null,"sort":[1581195769000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"state-fines-north-bay-water-agency-over-massive-sewage-spill","title":"State Fines North Bay Water Agency Over Massive Sewage Spill","publishDate":1581195769,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>State water regulators have issued a more than $400,000 fine against a Sonoma County water agency over the release of more than two million gallons of sewage last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board and the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District agreed to the financial settlement over one of the district's largest sewage spills in recent memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fine sends the message to other Bay Area wastewater agencies that they need to be proactive about taking steps to prevent spills of this magnitude from their systems,\" said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The release of partially treated wastewater from a district water recycling plant began the afternoon of Jan. 11, 2019. District crews discovered the problem the following morning. The release lasted more than 21 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on, Sonoma Water officials, who manage the district, acknowledged that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11720294/sonoma-spills-spewed-nearly-3-million-gallons-of-sewage-into-creeks-and-bay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spill was caused by a faulty valve\u003c/a>. The problem sent sewage backward in a pipeline that handles waste from homes and businesses in the Sonoma Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A top official at the agency said then that the incident marked the largest unauthorized discharge in the recent past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sewage flowed into Schell Slough, a wetland near the community of Schellville, south of Highway 12. District officials initially said that the wastewater then snaked through a series of sloughs before finally dumping into the waters of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"sonoma-county-water-agency\" label=\"related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a spokeswoman for the regional water control board said this week that it was highly unlikely that the sewage traveled that far, about four miles downstream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board says the district \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/board_info/agendas/2020/March/SVCSD/SVCSD_Stipulated_Order%20ADA_verified.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">violated state water pollution law\u003c/a> and must pay the $427,600 fine. However it can cut the penalty in half if it conducts 800 sewer line inspections over the next three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pam Jeane, assistant general manager of Sonoma Water, said the agency regrets the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A key part of the district's mission is to protect the environment, and we take environmental compliance very seriously,\" Jeane said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The situation that led to the discharge was immediately remedied upon discovery and we have taken every step to ensure this type of failure will not happen again,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district plans to \"accelerate video inspection and smoke testing efforts to identify and eliminate sources of groundwater infiltration and unauthorized storm water connections that cause sanitary sewer overflows,\" Jeane said.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Sonoma Water can cut the fine in half if they conduct 800 sewer line inspections. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1581369333,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":414},"headData":{"title":"State Fines North Bay Water Agency Over Massive Sewage Spill | KQED","description":"Sonoma Water can cut the fine in half if they conduct 800 sewer line inspections. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11800746 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11800746","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/02/08/state-fines-north-bay-water-agency-over-massive-sewage-spill/","disqusTitle":"State Fines North Bay Water Agency Over Massive Sewage Spill","path":"/news/11800746/state-fines-north-bay-water-agency-over-massive-sewage-spill","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>State water regulators have issued a more than $400,000 fine against a Sonoma County water agency over the release of more than two million gallons of sewage last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board and the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District agreed to the financial settlement over one of the district's largest sewage spills in recent memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fine sends the message to other Bay Area wastewater agencies that they need to be proactive about taking steps to prevent spills of this magnitude from their systems,\" said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The release of partially treated wastewater from a district water recycling plant began the afternoon of Jan. 11, 2019. District crews discovered the problem the following morning. The release lasted more than 21 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on, Sonoma Water officials, who manage the district, acknowledged that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11720294/sonoma-spills-spewed-nearly-3-million-gallons-of-sewage-into-creeks-and-bay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spill was caused by a faulty valve\u003c/a>. The problem sent sewage backward in a pipeline that handles waste from homes and businesses in the Sonoma Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A top official at the agency said then that the incident marked the largest unauthorized discharge in the recent past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sewage flowed into Schell Slough, a wetland near the community of Schellville, south of Highway 12. District officials initially said that the wastewater then snaked through a series of sloughs before finally dumping into the waters of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"sonoma-county-water-agency","label":"related coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a spokeswoman for the regional water control board said this week that it was highly unlikely that the sewage traveled that far, about four miles downstream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board says the district \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/board_info/agendas/2020/March/SVCSD/SVCSD_Stipulated_Order%20ADA_verified.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">violated state water pollution law\u003c/a> and must pay the $427,600 fine. However it can cut the penalty in half if it conducts 800 sewer line inspections over the next three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pam Jeane, assistant general manager of Sonoma Water, said the agency regrets the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A key part of the district's mission is to protect the environment, and we take environmental compliance very seriously,\" Jeane said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The situation that led to the discharge was immediately remedied upon discovery and we have taken every step to ensure this type of failure will not happen again,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district plans to \"accelerate video inspection and smoke testing efforts to identify and eliminate sources of groundwater infiltration and unauthorized storm water connections that cause sanitary sewer overflows,\" Jeane said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11800746/state-fines-north-bay-water-agency-over-massive-sewage-spill","authors":["258"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_1386","news_2920","news_5909","news_21766","news_24886","news_483"],"featImg":"news_11800848","label":"news_72"},"news_11799639":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11799639","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11799639","score":null,"sort":[1580676257000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"san-diego-secures-300-million-to-intercept-mexico-sewage","title":"San Diego Secures $300 Million to Intercept Mexico Sewage","publishDate":1580676257,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>The San Diego region will get $300 million in federal funding for a new U.S. facility to capture sewage spills from Mexico before they foul shorelines north of the border, according to a newspaper report Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congressional leaders announced the funding in December, but it wasn’t clear whether the money would be distributed across the entire Southwest border or dedicated specifically to address pollution in the Tijuana River Valley just south of San Diego County, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-02/san-diego-leaders-say-300-million-in-federal-money-will-help-build-u-s-facility-to-capture-tj-river-pollution\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now officials believe most — if not all — of the money will be doled out in and around the San Diego area, thanks to language included in the overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement signed by President Trump on Jan. 29, the newspaper said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a huge, huge deal,” said Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina.[aside tag='climate-change' label='Related Coverage']Toxic water pollution from Mexico has shuttered shorelines in Imperial Beach and other San Diego County areas more than 500 days over the last three years, according to court papers cited by the Times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The approach is a shift from longstanding efforts to help Mexico maintain its wastewater system in Tijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last summer, top officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited San Diego to lay out a blueprint with several options for how to address the pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, local leaders have pushed to build a $400 million facility north of the border to intercept and treat the pollution. It’s been estimated the project could reduce cross-border flows from roughly 138 days a year on average, down to about 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer promised that the money would be used to “clean up the sewage spills from the Tijuana River Valley once and for all.” Faulconer was present when Trump signed the agreement at the White House last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EPA officials are scheduled to hold a public meeting March 9 in Coronado to discuss next steps.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"“This is a huge, huge deal,” said Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1580676257,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":10,"wordCount":338},"headData":{"title":"San Diego Secures $300 Million to Intercept Mexico Sewage | KQED","description":"“This is a huge, huge deal,” said Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11799639 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11799639","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/02/02/san-diego-secures-300-million-to-intercept-mexico-sewage/","disqusTitle":"San Diego Secures $300 Million to Intercept Mexico Sewage","source":"Associated Press","sourceUrl":"https://apnews.com/","nprByline":"Associated Press","path":"/news/11799639/san-diego-secures-300-million-to-intercept-mexico-sewage","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The San Diego region will get $300 million in federal funding for a new U.S. facility to capture sewage spills from Mexico before they foul shorelines north of the border, according to a newspaper report Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congressional leaders announced the funding in December, but it wasn’t clear whether the money would be distributed across the entire Southwest border or dedicated specifically to address pollution in the Tijuana River Valley just south of San Diego County, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-02/san-diego-leaders-say-300-million-in-federal-money-will-help-build-u-s-facility-to-capture-tj-river-pollution\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now officials believe most — if not all — of the money will be doled out in and around the San Diego area, thanks to language included in the overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement signed by President Trump on Jan. 29, the newspaper said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a huge, huge deal,” said Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"climate-change","label":"Related Coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Toxic water pollution from Mexico has shuttered shorelines in Imperial Beach and other San Diego County areas more than 500 days over the last three years, according to court papers cited by the Times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The approach is a shift from longstanding efforts to help Mexico maintain its wastewater system in Tijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last summer, top officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited San Diego to lay out a blueprint with several options for how to address the pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, local leaders have pushed to build a $400 million facility north of the border to intercept and treat the pollution. It’s been estimated the project could reduce cross-border flows from roughly 138 days a year on average, down to about 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer promised that the money would be used to “clean up the sewage spills from the Tijuana River Valley once and for all.” Faulconer was present when Trump signed the agreement at the White House last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EPA officials are scheduled to hold a public meeting March 9 in Coronado to discuss next steps.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11799639/san-diego-secures-300-million-to-intercept-mexico-sewage","authors":["byline_news_11799639"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_20458","news_20023","news_2403","news_4486","news_5909"],"featImg":"news_11799640","label":"source_news_11799639"},"news_11793676":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11793676","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11793676","score":null,"sort":[1578013967000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"sf-inmates-reach-tentative-deal-over-jail-sewage-flooding","title":"SF, Inmates Reach Tentative Deal Over Jail Sewage Flooding","publishDate":1578013967,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>San Francisco city officials have reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit with 217 inmates in the county jail where overflowing sewage leaked for more than a year after faulty plumbing burst in late 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, hazmat crews evacuated some offices to install a trap device — further backing up sewage, officials said. The sewage began to spill out of toilets and pipes in the jail at the beginning of 2017, continuing until September 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size=\"small\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Stanley Goff, Attorney\"]'It was inhumane. I think that society expects for us to treat dogs better than that.'[/pullquote]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During this time, inmates would often have to clean up the sewage without proper cleaning supplies, said Stanley Goff, a civil rights attorney representing the group. The inmates were also left without access to showers and drinking water for hours since jail staff had to shut off water when flooding occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Imagine ... you're sleeping, you wake up in the middle of the night\u003cstrong>, \u003c/strong>you hear water, you put your feet down to get out of your bunk and all of a sudden your feet and your socks are soaked in raw sewage, all your stuff has been soiled,\" said Fulvio Cajina, another civil rights attorney representing the inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit was filed in late 2018 after inmates submitted informal grievances with the county jail to no avail, Goff said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was inhumane,\" he said. \"I think that society expects for us to treat dogs better than that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"jail\" label=\"Related Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cajina said the lawsuit took time to file because many inmates were only in the jail for short periods. Some faced homelessness and mental health issues and were not in the best position to defend their rights, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A separate class action lawsuit over the sewage was filed on behalf of seven inmates. Should a settlement be reached, it would include all inmates from both lawsuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, supervisors looked into spending $215 million to build a replacement jail due to seismic issues, but the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/No-new-jail-S-F-supervisors-refuse-to-6700835.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plan was rejected\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October 2019, Mayor London Breed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11780884/s-f-mayor-breed-orders-inmates-moved-from-seismically-unsafe-county-jail-by-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced a plan\u003c/a> to shut down the jail and relocate its inmates by 2021. The order follows years of warnings that the structure could crumble in a major earthquake, though there is no set deadline for the move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city attorney’s and sheriff's office did not return phone calls and messages seeking comment on the tentative deal over the sewage problems. The Board of Supervisors and the federal court must still approve the final settlement, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The city reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit with more than 200 inmates who were swamped with sewage for 18 months in the county jail.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1578013967,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":445},"headData":{"title":"SF, Inmates Reach Tentative Deal Over Jail Sewage Flooding | KQED","description":"The city reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit with more than 200 inmates who were swamped with sewage for 18 months in the county jail.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11793676 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11793676","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/01/02/sf-inmates-reach-tentative-deal-over-jail-sewage-flooding/","disqusTitle":"SF, Inmates Reach Tentative Deal Over Jail Sewage Flooding","nprByline":"Audrey Garces, Julie Chang","path":"/news/11793676/sf-inmates-reach-tentative-deal-over-jail-sewage-flooding","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Francisco city officials have reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit with 217 inmates in the county jail where overflowing sewage leaked for more than a year after faulty plumbing burst in late 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, hazmat crews evacuated some offices to install a trap device — further backing up sewage, officials said. The sewage began to spill out of toilets and pipes in the jail at the beginning of 2017, continuing until September 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'It was inhumane. I think that society expects for us to treat dogs better than that.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"small","align":"right","citation":"Stanley Goff, Attorney","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During this time, inmates would often have to clean up the sewage without proper cleaning supplies, said Stanley Goff, a civil rights attorney representing the group. The inmates were also left without access to showers and drinking water for hours since jail staff had to shut off water when flooding occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Imagine ... you're sleeping, you wake up in the middle of the night\u003cstrong>, \u003c/strong>you hear water, you put your feet down to get out of your bunk and all of a sudden your feet and your socks are soaked in raw sewage, all your stuff has been soiled,\" said Fulvio Cajina, another civil rights attorney representing the inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit was filed in late 2018 after inmates submitted informal grievances with the county jail to no avail, Goff said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was inhumane,\" he said. \"I think that society expects for us to treat dogs better than that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"jail","label":"Related Coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cajina said the lawsuit took time to file because many inmates were only in the jail for short periods. Some faced homelessness and mental health issues and were not in the best position to defend their rights, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A separate class action lawsuit over the sewage was filed on behalf of seven inmates. Should a settlement be reached, it would include all inmates from both lawsuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, supervisors looked into spending $215 million to build a replacement jail due to seismic issues, but the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/No-new-jail-S-F-supervisors-refuse-to-6700835.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plan was rejected\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October 2019, Mayor London Breed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11780884/s-f-mayor-breed-orders-inmates-moved-from-seismically-unsafe-county-jail-by-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced a plan\u003c/a> to shut down the jail and relocate its inmates by 2021. The order follows years of warnings that the structure could crumble in a major earthquake, though there is no set deadline for the move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city attorney’s and sheriff's office did not return phone calls and messages seeking comment on the tentative deal over the sewage problems. 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