Hollywood, Fl. residents fear long-term effect of sewage spill

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/hollywood/fl-hollywood-canal-cleanup-20111123,0,808306.story


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Most of the dead fish have been scooped out and the surface water has become a shade cleaner, but now residents living along a heavily polluted canal filled with raw sewage are worrying over what lurks underneath the murky water.

Among them was Michael Medlin, who on Wednesday stood upon a floating barge at the end of his yard and pointed down to a dark film that covered what he said was once white sand.

"There's not a prettier way to say it," he said. "That's human feces right there. My backyard is now a sewer. They're cleaning the top, but what about the bottom?"

In addition to reopening Taft Street late Wednesday, city workers and contractors continued their efforts to clean up the mess they made last week after a 48-inch sewage pipe burst in the middle of the busy thoroughfare and spilled raw sewage for nearly three days. The pipe normally transfers 10-15 million gallons of untreated sewage a day.

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three days!

sewage spills are a SERIOUS health hazard!

[WCGreen]

1. One more step to third world status...

[onethatcares]

2. it's those damn regulations again.

if they could just pump raw sewerage into the lagoons and canals until they were full, no one would ever look for clean water. Imagine how that affects the fish, crustaceans and the rest of the ecosystem.

Jeez, we are closer to Somalia than I thought.

[Turbineguy]

3. In a truly free market

people would respond by not using their toilets. It's the job-killing regulations that cause this mess.