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Updated at 5:20 p.m., Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Kapalama Canal contaminated by sewage spill

Advertiser Staff

Warning signs were posted today advising the public to stay out of Kapalama Canal and the area where the canal empties into Honolulu Harbor due to a sewage spill.

Watson T. Okubo, chief of the state Clean Water Branch's monitoring & analysis section, said city Environmental Services notified the state of a 207-gallon overflow from a sewer manhole at 1874 North King St. City officials attributed the overflow to heavy grit and debris in line.