OC Sewer Lines Clogged With Not-So-Flushable Wipes

LAGUNA BEACH, CA — If you were planning on taking the kids to Diamond Beach in Laguna, you may want to choose a different stretch of shoreline.

A sewage spill at Woods Cove Beach has closed the area of Diamond Beach, near Ruby Street Park according to Orange County Health Care Agency reports. The spill was reported at approximately 6 p.m. on Sunday.

"A roughly 500-gallon sewage spill into the ocean at Woods Cove between Center Street and Moss Street in Laguna Beach" has caused that section of beach to be closed by the Orange County Health Care Agency.

Health officials say the spill was caused by a tree roots and disposable wipes that clogged the Laguna Beach city sewer lines near Pacific Coast Highway. Anthony Martinez of the Orange County Health Care Agency said that the sewage bubbled up through a manhole and then flowed down the gutter into a storm drain, where it continued to flow out onto the beach.

The ocean water along Diamond Beach is expected to remain off limits for about three days, and will remain off limits until tests show bacteria levels that meat state health standards, the OC Health Care Agency said.

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