Sewer pipe dumps “hundreds of thousands of gallons” of sewage into Everett creek

A broken sewer pipe in south Everett has spilled what a
city spokeswoman estimates as “hundreds of thousands of
gallons” of sewage Thursday into a creek that eventually
flows into Lake Washington.

“It actually runs down over to Lake Washington,” said
Everett spokeswoman Kate Reardon. “At certain points of
the stream, it’s very accessible to public access, a place
that people would walk, maybe kids would put sticks in the
water.”

Reardon says crews have been able to divert the sewage
flow into pump trucks and put that material back into the
sewage system at a different point. Repair crews were
working to fix the break in the 20-inch diameter pipe.

Reardon stresses that the drinking water supply is safe.
Residents were cautioned to avoid contact with the water
in North Creek.

The spokeswoman says sewage got into the crawl space of
one home, but no other properties were affected.

The state Ecology Department and other agencies have been
notified of the spill.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.