Sewage spills into pond at Park Road Community Park, prompting advisory

Sewage spilled into the pond at Park Road Community Park on Friday, prompting a water quality advisory from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services.

A couple of hundred gallons spilled near the pond from a manhole that’s part of the park’s private sewer collection system, said Rusty Rozzelle, water quality program manager for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services. The park is in the 6200 block of Park Road in south Charlotte.

Workers stopped the discharge immediately after detecting it, officials said.

Staff from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services will sample water quality in the pond until bacteria levels fall within safe levels. That’s when the advisory will be lifted.

This story was originally published August 4, 2017 at 2:39 PM with the headline "Sewage spills into pond at Park Road Community Park, prompting advisory."