800 gallons of sewage spill at Port St. Lucie lift station after power failure

800 gallons of sewage spill at Port St. Lucie lift station after power failure
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About 800 gallons of untreated wastewater spilled from a Port St. Lucie lift station Tuesday after the station lost full electrical power, according to a pollution notice filed with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The city's SCADA monitoring system did not detect the issue.

Utility staff discovered sewage escaping from

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