Pompano Beach and government agencies cleaning up city canals after a massive sewage leak plan to update residents Wednesday about the efforts to repair the environment.
For about a week after a Florida Department of Transportation contractor broke a sewage pipe beneath an Interstate 95 overpass at Northwest 15th Street, water filled with excrement began spilling into waterways.
Beginning with the Garden Isles neighborhood that borders the east side of I-95, the wastewater flowed east toward the Intracoastal Waterway, killing fish and fouling the air as it went.
The sewage pipe was repaired and back in service, the city said on Jan. 12, when it announced up to 66 aerators would be used in the canals to increase oxygen and minimize odor. Crews were working from boats and along the canals to clean up debris.
Until water testing results by Pompano Beach and the Broward County Environmental Protection Division are satisfactory, the city is urging residents to not be in contact with canal water or to use it for irrigation.
Residents may attend the meeting Wednesday at the E. Pat Larkins Community Center, 520 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. It is set to begin at 7 p.m.
For updates, check the city’s Facebook page, on Twitter @mypompanobeach or on the city’s website.
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