California IN BRIEF : SAN DIEGO : Fixing Sewage Pipe to Cost $16 Million

The massive sewage outfall pipe that ruptured here in early February, which continues to spew up to 180 million gallons of partially treated effluent daily only 3,100 feet from shore, will now cost $16 million to repair, city officials said. Initial cost projections for repairing the sewage rupture were placed at $10 million, then upgraded to $10.8 million. Officials said the additional funds are needed to apply more ballast rock for support. Because of a series of storms expected to bring heavy rains throughout the weekend, officials said they also won’t be able to comply with their earlier, self-imposed deadline of repairing the outfall by April 4. The date is now indefinite, they say.