CAUSE OF SEWER SPILL S.S.

A SEWAGE SPILL THAT CAUSED THE CLOSURE OF DEL MONTE BEACH TO SWIMMERS (AND DIVERS) WAS CAUSED BY A PIECE OF PIPE THAT LODGED IN MONTEREY?S MAIN SEWER SYSTEM, AND BECAME CLOGGED WITH DISPOSABLE RAGS. THE FOOT-AND-A-HALF LENGTH OF 3-INCH LATERAL PIPE GOT INTO THE SYSTEM, AND LODGED AT A SITE ON MUNRAS STREET, WHICH BACKED UP A SYSTEM ALREADY FILLED WITH RAINWATER. SEWAGE THEN ESCAPED THROUGH A NEARBY MANHOLE, AND MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE STORM DRAINS TO WHERE A CULVERT EMPTIED AT MONTEREY MUNICIPAL WHARF NUMBER 2.