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Feb 9, 2008 12:39 pm US/Eastern

Salisbury Sewage Spill Probed

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) ― The Wicomico County Environmental Health Department has banned fishing, swimming and other activities on a portion of the Wicomico River because of a sewage leak.

Officials say the leak occurred Thursday night in an underground processing line at the city's wastewater plant and sent more than 173,000 gallons of partially treated sewage into a storm drain that feeds the river.

The portion of the river affected by the health advisory extends from the City Park to the Upper Ferry.

City Public Works Director Jim Caldwell says the plant is now functioning normally.

The Maryland Department of the Environment is investigating the spill.

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