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Updated at 9:43 p.m., Monday, February 16, 2009

Sewage spill reported at West Loch

Advertiser Staff

An estimated 3,470 gallons of raw sewage flowed into Pearl Harbor's West Loch yesterday, the city said.

Crews from the city Department of Environmental Services responded to a 9:33 a.m. call of a wastewater overflow fronting 91-1147 Hamana Street in the West Loch Fairways subdivision.

City personnel arrived on the scene at 9:56 a.m. and secured the site at 11:31 a.m.

Tree roots clogged an 8-inch vitrified clay pipe causing a manhole on Hamana to overflow, sending untreated wastewater into a storm drain headed for West Loch.

The city Environmental Quality Division notified the state Department of Health. Signs have been posted and water sampling will begin Tuesday.