More than 100,000 gallons of untreated wastewater is estimated to have been released over this past weekend into a major tributary in Jacksonville.
City crews worked throughout Saturday evening after being notified of and finding a broken stormwater pipe and sewer line near Lejeune Boulevard, which is also Highway 24, near Scales Creek, according to a release.
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An estimated 129,000 gallons of untreated wastewater is believed to have been discharged into the creek, which flows directly into the New River.
Crews “will continue work over next several days to fix the issue,” the release states.
Motorists on Lejeune Boulevard are being asked to slow down and use caution in the area where crews are working.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources was notified Saturday about the discharge “and is reviewing the matter,” according to the release.
