MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Officials estimate more than 100,000 gallons (378,000 liters) of sewer water have spilled near the South Carolina coast.
Myrtle Beach spokesman Mark Kruea told news outlets that a 24-inch (60-centimeter) sewer line broke Monday morning. Kruea said the pipe is around 30 or 40 years old.
He said the pipe walls had become thin through corrosion and that heavier-than-normal volume may have caused the pipe to break.
Kruea said most of the water was contained and collected.
Water quality was being tested at several areas, including a drainage basin and in the ocean.
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