Lake Wylie Suffers Massive Sewage Spill
So close to home. “Unprecedented” was the word used to describe the aftermath of Monday’s sewage spill near Oakdale Road in Charlotte. As of Tuesday evening, Charlotte Water estimated the…
LAKE WYLIE, SC – OCTOBER 20: Bernardo Lopez looks for bait along a shoreline of Lake Wylie that would normally be under several feet of water at the Buster Boyd access area of Lake Wylie October 20, 2007 in Lake Wylie, South Carolina. The boat ramps at the recreational area are closed due to low water levels caused by severe drought. Lake Wylie and Lake Norman, both fed by the Catawba River, are seeing their shorelines increase as water levels drop. (Photo by Davis Turner/Getty Images)
So close to home.
"Unprecedented" was the word used to describe the aftermath of Monday's sewage spill near Oakdale Road in Charlotte. As of Tuesday evening, Charlotte Water estimated the spill amount at 15.4 million gallons.
It's been said that this is the largest spill in the past decade. Reports of sewer odor and dead fish have already begun. The 30-inch pipe broke near the point where Long and McIntyre creeks meet. The spill has officially stopped and clean up begun late Tuesday morning.
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