A five-day closure has been lifted for all of the Orange County coastal waters closed last week by a 1.4-million-gallon sewage spill in Laguna Beach. The leak, which occurred Wednesday, was caused by a broken valve on a 24-inch city sewage pipe in Laguna Beach near Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, officials said. A valve assembly on the main pipeline failed about a quarter-mile from the Coastal Treatment Plant in Aliso Canyon, apparently because of long-term corrosion, Laguna Beach said in a post on the city website. About six miles were reopened Friday afternoon, including around Newport Beach, Doheny State Beach, Capistrano Beach, Dana Point Harbor and Poche Beach. In an unrelated matter, the Health Care Agency has placed all Orange County beaches under a lower-level rain advisory because of runoff that accompanied last week’s storms.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 02, 2019 22:18 UTC