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City Fined For Sewage Spills

Written by KEYT Assignment Desk

Story Created: Oct 19, 2011 at 9:11 AM PDT

Story Updated: Nov 2, 2011 at 11:00 AM PDT

San Luis Obispo (AP) - A California central coast city has been fined $57,000 for sewage spills.

Some 43,000 gallons of sewage was dumped, with nearly 31,000
gallons of it spilling into San Luis Obispo creeks. The fines against the city are for four separate spills in the past three years.

The largest was a 30,000-gallon spill into Orcutt Creek and eventually flowed into San Luis Obispo Creek in February 2009. It was blamed on a corroded pipe.

The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board announced
the fines against San Luis Obispo on Tuesday.

The board says the city has been responsible for 51 sewage spills totaling 107,000 gallons in the past five years.
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