Swimming prohibited after 250-gallon sewage spill

A sewage spill has led Orange County health officials to close a part of the ocean in Newport Beach.

The area affected by the 250-gallon spill includes from “B” dock at Balboa Bay Club down bay to Arbor Drive in Newport Bay.

A sewage lift pump failure in a private property owner’s sewer lateral — a pipe that carries waste from a residence to the sanitary sewer main running in the street — caused the contamination.

Officials will keep the area closed to water activity until they determine it’s safe again.

For more information, call (714) 433-6400.

— Matt Brown