Ann Arbor will reopen river trips between Argo and Gallup canoe liveries on the Huron River starting Sunday at 9 a.m., after a broken sewer line caused approximately 3,000 gallons of untreated sewage to flow into the river, the city tweeted Saturday.
The closure was caused by a broken sewer line along Liberty Street downtown, the city said in a release.
While on site, crews discovered untreated sewage from the broken pipe had found its way into a nearby storm pipe that discharges into the Huron River. According to the city, crews stopped the sewage flow to the storm pipe the same day.
As a precaution, the canoe liveries were closed Friday and Saturday, as the city was waiting on water quality test results.
City staff notified the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
Read more at https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/2019/07/06/3000-gallons-raw-sewage-spills-into-huron-river-ann-arbor/1666270001/.