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A sewage spill in Seattle prompted no-contact advisories on Bainbridge's east shore and Suquamish area.

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BAINBRIDGE ISLAND A massive sewage spill in Seattle on Thursday morning has prompted a no-contact advisory along the entire east shore of Bainbridge Island and a portion of North Kitsap.

The Kitsap Public Health District is advising people to avoid contact with water from Jefferson Point near Indianola to Restoration Point on Bainbridges south end. The closure area includes Port Madison Bay and Miller Bay.

Untreated sewage began flowing from a wastewater plants outfall near Seattles Discovery Park at about 2 a.m., according to a King County news release.

Equipment failure was cited as the cause of the spill. King County is operating the plant on emergency bypass mode, which allows sewage to discharge into Puget Sound to avoid flooding the plant.

The volume of sewage is not yet known, but Kitsap public health officials are calling it massive.

Sewage was continuing to flow out of the outfall at noon on Thursday. The outfall is nearly a mile offshore from Seattle.

Kitsap health officials dont know when the no-contact advisory will be lifted.

Warning signs are being posted at Fay Bainbridge Park, Blakely Harbor Park and other public water access points.

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