4,000 gallons of sewage spill into inlet near Bremerton
Mar 5, 2019, 4:06 PM
(Kitsap County Health District)
(Kitsap County Health District)
A broken pressure sensor on a water line at the Puget Sound Shipyard flooded Sinclair Inlet and the Port Washington Narrows with 4,000 gallons of sewage Saturday.
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Kitsap County health officials in the area issued a no-contact advisory in the wake of the spill, asking that no one touch the water in both the inlet and the southern mouth of the narrows.
The spill went on for over a day after a pressure sensor broke off of a water line Saturday. According to a report from the Kitsap Sun, a mechanic mistakenly thought the leak came from a saltwater line, and sent the spill into a galley that subsequently pumped it into Sinclair Inlet.
“PSNS & IMF takes its responsibility to protect the environment very seriously and will conduct a full investigation into the cause of the spill and the steps taken once it was discovered,” a shipyard spokesman told the Sun.
The area is already permanently closed to shellfish harvesting, with Kitsap County Health District citing ongoing pollution as the root cause.
The Kitsap area has been no stranger to sewage spills in recent months. A December windstorm saw 2,500 gallons of sewage flood into Dyes Inlet, directly north of the area affected by this most recent spill.
