Raw sewage spills into Mahtomedi lake

Raw sewage from a broken pipe flowed into Lost Lake in Mahtomedi on Tuesday.

It took the Metropolitan Council's Environmental Services team more than six hours to clean up the spill, starting two hours after the leak was reported, officials said.

They aren't saying how much sewage leaked into the 10-acre lake but estimate up to 40,000 gallons.

Residents say this was the second leak from that pipe since October.

The Met Council has now taken the damaged sewer pipe out of service permanently.

They are planning to start work this year draining and cleaning the sewer and filling it with grout.

Met Council Environmental Services will monitor the lake's bacteria levels until they are normal.

Officials don't anticipate any long-term effects from the spill, but some residents are concerned the sewage will leak into their drinking water.

"I have on-site well and septic here and I'm worried this is going to get into my drinking water," resident Tim DeWuske told KARE11.

Katie Kather can be reached at 651-228-5006. Follow her at twitter.com/ktkather.

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Raw sewage spills into Mahtomedi lake