Warning signs posted at Sandy Beach due to 1-million gallon wastewater spill | KHON2

Officials are advising people not to go into the water at this time.

Source: Warning signs posted at Sandy Beach due to 1-million gallon wastewater spill | KHON2.  http://www.khon2.com/2015/08/26/warning-signs-posted-at-sandy-beach-due-to-1-million-gallon-wastewater-spill.  Accessed on 27 August 2015, 14:55 hrs, UTC.

Hawaii American Waste officials say their plant across the street from the beach experienced a “power disruption” that affected the chlorine pumps.  Approximately one-million gallons of treated “undisinfected” plant effluent were discharged into the ocean without the final step of chlorine treatment.  Hawaii American Waste officials believe the semi-treated effluent doesn’t present a health hazard, but health officials want people to stay out of the water as a safety measure.

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