Mayor Sandra Hill said the thaw and rain had melted frozen land surrounding the sewage lagoon, causing a wall of the lagoon to cave and sewage to spill onto an area that is a vital source of subsistence foods for Hooper Bay’s approximately 1,100 residents.
February 28, 2022A leak in the Hooper Bay sewer lagoon caused it to spill out onto the surrounding land on Feb. 25, 2022.
Hill said that the sewage spill is around 500 feet north of the nearest resident’s home, in an area that is a vital source of subsistence foods for Hooper Bay’s approximately 1,100 residents. The following day, Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a state disaster declaration for the village of Hooper Bay, which Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management spokesperson Jeremy Zidek said would allow Hooper Bay to get reimbursed for their response efforts.
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