PORT ST. LUCIE — About 500,000 gallons of sewage spilled at a former city wastewater facility on November 10 after a contractor accidentally hit a pump, city officials said. Crews recovered most of it, and the city says no surface water or public areas were affected.
Scott Samples, Port St. Lucie’s public information officer, said the facility is in a rural part of the city. A contractor was doing work there when the accident happened.
“We had a contractor who was doing some work there, hit a pump that caused the spill,” Samples said…