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City of Amarillo contains sanitary sewer overflow - KFDA

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City of Amarillo contains sanitary sewer overflow

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Published: Jul. 3, 2023 at 2:23 PM CDT|Updated: 17 hours ago

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The City of Amarillo has contained a sanitary sewer overflow from a mechanical failure.

The lift station in the area of South Osage Street near Southeast 58th Avenue experienced a mechanical failure causing an overflow from a manhole.

The city says a total of 850,000 gallons of untreated wastewater was released but was resolved and cleaned up by 9 a.m. today.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality was notified and is working with the city to reduce environmental impacts.

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