Damaged treatment plant still releasing partially treated sewage into Santa Monica Bay

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Jul. 30, 2021 Damaged treatment plant still releasing partially treated sewage into Santa Monica Bay More than two weeks after a flood of raw sewage inundated the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant and triggered a massive discharge into Santa Monica Bay, the damaged facility has continued to release millions of gallons of partially treated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, in violation of its environmental permit, The Times has learned. Los Angeles city sanitation officials confirmed that the facility has violated multiple state and federal water pollution limits since an emergency discharge sent 17 million gallons of raw sewage into the waters off Dockweiler and El Segundo beaches on July 11 and 12. Read more

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