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The waterway near the Great Bridge Lock in Chesapeake is reopened, according to health officials. It comes after more than 2 million gallons of wastewater poured into the waterway.
Nearly three weeks after a sewage spill in Chesapeake, the Virginia Department of Health has reopened recreational water activities in the Intercoastal Waterway.
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The plan to handle the wastewater leak at the Great Bridge Lock is to just let it naturally dissipate, and until then the public is advised to avoid the water.
The warning comes after an estimated 2.5 million gallons of wastewater were released into a canal off the Elizabeth River.
A tug boat's anchor damaged a 20-inch pipe near the Great Bridge Lock in Chesapeake, causing 2.5 million gallons of wastewater to spill into a canal off the Elizabeth River over the weekend.