Officials Testing Nogales Wash After Sewer Pipeline Break
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Sen. John McCain is urging an international water commission to act quickly in repairing a broken sewage pipe that runs from Mexico to Arizona and has spilled into a wash in the American side of the border.
But the International Boundary and Water Commission says it hasn’t verified that there’s a leak and that the wastewater plant that the pipe leads to is receiving normal flows.
Authorities in Santa Cruz County say they noticed a break in a pipeline during an inspection on Tuesday. They say the pipe, also known as the International Outfall Interceptor, has a breach in a sparsely populated area north of the international border.
The county says it’s closely monitoring the pipe break and running tests on wash contamination that should be ready by Thursday afternoon.
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