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- Beaches in Long Beach, Calif., have been closed again after a grease blockage caused 12,000 gallons of sewage to be dumped into the L.A. river
- The grease blockage and sewage spill took place in The City of Compton.
- The spill comes just roughly a month after a collapsed sewer pipe dumped 8.5 million gallons of untreated sewage into the Dominguez Channel.
Beaches in Long Beach, Calif., are closed to swimmers after 12,000 of sewage spilled into the L.A. River on Monday.
The spill took place in Compton after a grease blockage caused sewage to overflow from a manhole, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Long Beath Health Department inspectors are monitoring water quality along the affected section of the beach, the outlet reported, and beachgoers are urged to pay attention to any warning signs that have been posted near the water.
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Water samples from Long Beach’s 7 miles of public beach are routinely collected and tested to monitor bacteria levels, according to CBS Los Angeles.
The spill comes just over a month after a concrete sewage pipe in the city of Carson collapsed, dumping 8.5 million gallons of untreated sewage into the Dominguez Channel and prompting beach closures in Los Angeles County and Orange County, city officials reported.
An investigation found that the 60-year-old pipe had deteriorated from sulfuric acid buildup and may have become overburdened after record-setting rainfall hit most of California in December, according to the LA Times.
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