Portsmouth sewage spill: HRSD weighs options to treat contaminated Hull Creek sediment

Portsmouth sewage spill: HRSD weighs options to treat contaminated Hull Creek sediment

Nearly 40 days after 3.1 million gallons of raw sewage spilled onto Douglas Avenue and into Hull Creek, officials are still working on a plan to treat sediment and solids left behind in the waterway.The Aug. 4 spill happened after a 30-inch sewer force main installed in 1943 failed. Emergency repairs were completed Aug. 7, but the focus has now shifted to determining what should be done with material that settled into the creek.Neighbors told WT…