State to file notice for sewage plant release

Friday, Jan. 2, 1998 | 8:40 a.m.

The release was at levels high enough to kill dozens of fish.

Allen Biaggi, deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Division, said the state has ordered the city to file a report on the Dec. 15 breakdown at the plant. The city will also be expected to outline steps to prevent future breakdowns.

The Las Vegas Wash is a channel for treated waste water that empties into Lake Mead, six miles upstream of the Las Vegas Valley's drinking water supply intakes.

The breakdown occurred during the pre-dawn hours when a pump failed in a probe that controls how much chlorine is removed from waste water in the last step of the treatment process.

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