People are being warned to stay out of the Connecticut River north of Middletown after hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage and untreated storm water from Massachusetts gushed into a tributary, the Chicopee River in Springfield, Mass., the state’s environmental agency said.
Also, a combination of chlorinated water and possibly some more sewage flowed directly into the Connecticut River because of a water main break in Springfield, said Will Healey, spokesman for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. At least one of the incidents was a result of Tropical Storm Isaias.
The first leak at Springfield’s Indian Orchard facility happened Tuesday night during a storm-related power loss, Healey said.