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Partially Treated Sewage Spills Into Russian River in California

The Russian River County Sanitation District Treatment Plant experienced a spill of secondary treated wastewater.
Partially Treated Sewage Spills Into Russian River in California
The Russian River, swollen with floodwater following a chain of winter storms, flows past the town of Guerneville, Calif., on Jan. 15, 2023. Fred Greaves/Reuters
Keegan Billings
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GUERNEVILLE, Calif.—The Russian River County Sanitation District Treatment Plant experienced a spill of secondary treated wastewater, according to a press release by Sonoma Water.
The spill occurred in California’s Sonoma County on March 1 and continued into the morning of March 2. The spill is believed to have been caused by the weekend storm in progress at the time.
Keegan Billings
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Keegan is a reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and he covers Northern California news.
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