Sewer main break spews raw wastewater into New Orleans Industrial Canal near Lower 9th Ward

A foul mess is spilling into the Industrial Canal near New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward.

New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board Interim General Superintendent Kaitlyn Tymrak says they believe a vessel hit a 54-inch pressurized sewer main.

Divers have been in the water assessing the break to help determine the best way to make repairs…

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