HOPEWELL, Va. — A broken pipe near a Hopewell pump station has been leaking sewage since Tuesday, prompting state monitoring over concerns the waste could reach the James River.
A 3-inch hole in a 24-inch sewage pipe near Hopewell’s First Street Pump Station has been leaking since work crews spotted sewage bubbling up from the ground Tuesday morning. An estimated 1 million gallons flowed out within the first 48 hours, though the rate of leakage has since slowed significantly.
Matt Ellinghaus, Director of Hopewell Water Renewal, described the scene at the excavation site…