Pipe Rupture Caused Beach Closure

31 July 2000 - 11:00am

Sewage spill that closed the Aliso Beach was causedby a pipeline rupture inside the Aliso Water Management Agency sanitation plant.

A sewage pill that closed the Aliso Beach was causedby a pipeline rupture inside the Aliso Water Management Agency sanitation plant. The leakage of about 1,500 gallons of partially treated sewage caused the 29th ban this year of local near-shore waters -- seven more than last year.

Source: Orange County Register, July 31, 2000
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