Sewage Spill Marina Del Rey
Sewage Leakwater on San Diego’s Pier 8 Channel. Sewage spills into from old septic tanks that runs along the median past Pier 8 below Embarcadero pier, then under the Channel Walk to the seawalling channels and eventually out to sea. The smell is especially bad near La Jolla and San Ysidro, and comes from older, once abandoned and deteriorating septic tanks. Parts of the former septic tank walls are now exposed as the original septic liner became unstable and ruptured in the 20th century. Sewage also comes through the older septic tanks on U.S. 1, immediately next to the Embarcadero, and Stearns Avenue on eastward along the waterfront. Some of the damage goes way beyond the leakage itself. At Embarcadero, for example, long sections of sidewalk have washed over and been buried beneath the ocean. At other locations, part of a pier has been left exposed, and areas where the sewage leams break up due to heavy rains have begun to dry and collapse. Photographs by Paula Velasquez. Photograph ...