Health & Fitness
West Haven Beaches Reopening Friday After New Haven Sewage Spill
Officials closed the city's beaches after more than 2 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into New Haven's Mill River & Long Island Sound.
WEST HAVEN, CT — West Haven Health Director Maureen B. Lillis said the city’s 3 miles of public beaches can reopen Friday, after water quality samples tested in the wake of this week’s New Haven sewage spill were “within acceptable limits.”
“I just received the beach water results back from the samples we took yesterday after the sewage spill,” Lillis said. “All results are within acceptable limits, and the beaches can reopen Friday.”
The samples were collected along the West Haven shoreline Wednesday and tested by the state Department of Public Health in Rocky Hill.
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More than 2 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into New Haven’s Mill River and Long Island Sound on Tuesday, forcing West Haven officials to close beaches until water quality tests were deemed safe by the DPH.
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