250px|Signs were posted at various points along Waikiki Beach warning beachgoers to stay out of the water. Source: KeithH More than 48 million gallons (180 million L) of untreated sewage that flowed into the ocean from a sewer spill on Friday, March 24, have forced Honolulu city officials to post signs warning tourists on Waikiki Beach  to stay out of the water. City officials claim that they had no alternative but to pump the raw sewage into the Ala Wai Canal, which empties just west of Waikiki, to prevent the wastewater from backing up into homes and hotels. Repair crews worked around the clock to fix the sewer break. The spill was finally stopped on Thursday.
250px|Signs were posted at various points along Waikiki Beach warning beachgoers to stay out of the water. Source: KeithH More than 48 million gallons (180 million L) of untreated sewage that flowed into the ocean from a sewer spill on Friday, March 24, have forced city officials in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, to post signs warning tourists on w:Waikiki Waikiki Beach to stay out of the water. City officials say that they had no alternative but to pump the raw sewage into the Ala Wai Canal, which empties just west of Waikiki, to prevent the wastewater from backing up into homes and hotels. Repair crews worked around the clock to fix the sewer break. The spill was finally stopped on Thursday.
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