Port Angeles Sewage Pipe To Be Fixed By Wednesday Night

PORT ANGELES - Repair crews are making progress on a broken sewer pipe in Port Angeles.

Public Works Deputy Director Mike Puntenney says they expect to stop raw sewage from spilling into Port Angeles Harbor by Wednesday night.

He says the pipe ruptured Monday at a 38-year-old coupling joint. The whole section of pipe is scheduled to be replaced within five years.

Until an all-clear is sounded, Port Angeles residents are asked to limit the amount of water they use on baths, showers, toilet flushing and clothes and dish washing.

Health officials have closed Port Angeles beaches because of the pollution.

If the leak is fixed as expected, the total amount of the spill will be 7-8 million gallons of sewage.