GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Wastewater leaked in downtown Green Bay for the second time in less than two weeks due to a valve being left open, officials revealed Friday.
Tuesday’s leak was discovered just before 10:30 a.m. at a sewer bypass pipe near Pine and N. Roosevelt streets. Crews were able to stop the leak within half an hour and cleanup efforts were completed by 3:15 p.m.
An estimated 160 gallons were released to the ground surface. However, unlike the Feb. 12 leak, no wastewater reached the storm sewer system or the East River. In that instance, an estimated 8,560 gallons of wastewater were released, and of that, about 2,200 gallons entered the storm sewer system or the East River…