About 24,000 gallons of untreated sewage was released this morning into the South Fork of Beargrass Creek.The Metropolitan Sewer District reported a blockage in the sewer line around 11:00am. The waste would normally been diverted to the treatment plant, but the obstruction allowed the sewage to back up and rise over the dam around where Beargrass Creek crosses Lexington Road and Baxter Avenue.The problem was fixed after about an hour and a half, but itβs recommended that the public avoid contact with the water for the next 48 hours.
