OCEAN CITY, N.J. (CBS) Several Ocean City, New Jersey beaches have been closed again due to a possible sewage spill. <\/p>\n
According to the Department of Environmental Quality, three beaches between First and Third Streets were closed on Sunday after raw sewage spilled into a nearby storm drain. <\/p>\n
Water samples were taken Monday morning and the beaches will remain closed pending test results, which are expected to come in some time Tuesday morning. <\/p>\n
This is the third time in three weeks beaches in Ocean City have been closed due to sewage-related incidents. <\/p>\n
On August 6, a grease blockage in a sewer line caused sewage to overflow into a storm drain, closing beaches between Eighth and Tenth streets. The week before that, the Stenton Place beach was closed due to concerns of an overflowing sewage pipe. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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