The untreated wastewater comes from a broken pipe in St. Petes
 | | [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times] | | 10,600 gallons of raw sewage dumps into Riviera Bay in St. Petersburg after pipe break | | Enough raw sewage to fill more than 250 bathtubs dumped into Riviera Bay over the weekend after a sewage line broke, prompting a multiday repair effort and road closures, according to St. Petersburg city officials. Roughly 10,600 gallons of untreated wastewater poured into the bay bordering Weedon Island Preserve, an aquatic and upland ecosystem harboring scores of Florida plant and animal species. Now, crews have blocked off one lane of traffic as repairs are still underway, three days later.
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