Overview
- SWBNO crews are on site at Florida Avenue working a sewer main break that is releasing wastewater into the Industrial Canal.
- The utility said the damage likely came from a vessel striking a submerged sewer force main.
- Teams are assessing the break and moving to isolate the damaged section to curb further discharge.
- Officials urged people to avoid the canal near Florida Avenue and to skip activities like fishing because the water may be contaminated.
- A sewer force main is a pressurized pipe that carries sewage to treatment plants, and a breach can send untreated waste into waterways until crews shut valves.