VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) – On Friday, August at 1:15 a.m. , a sewer spill occurred at the intersection of East Venice Avenue and Warfield Avenue North in the City of Venice due to a contractor’s pumping equipment failure associated with the Intracoastal Second Sewer Force Main Project.
An estimated 11,000 gallons of untreated domestic sewage were discharged onto the street, where it entered the stormwater system which discharged into Hatchett Creek. The spill was discovered by a plant operator while performing his duties at the Water Treatment Plant.
City crews arrived and stopped the overflow…