The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is reviewing a recent incident where sewage flowed into a local waterway.
An employee of the Charlottesville Department of Public Works reported the spill which occurred the morning of January 26 in the 1600 block of Center Avenue in the Fifeville neighborhood.
“Reporting party did confirm that some of the material did reach a tributary to Moores Creek but did not go far and no aquatic life impacts were found,” reads the initial investigation on the DEQ website.
The site lists that between one gallon and fifty gallons of sewage entered the watershed. Moores Creek is considered a threatened waterway.
The City of Charlottesville has not yet responded to a request for additional information.
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