Multiple plaintiffs living near El Segundo sued the city of Los Angeles Tuesday for allegedly exposing people to toxic hydrogen sulfide gas and other dangerous toxins during and after the Hyperion Treatment Plant’s 2021 sewage spill.
To contain the flooding, LASAN released 17 million gallons of untreated wastewater into the Santa Monica Bay, which later caused the California Water Board to issue 47 citations between July 17 and Aug. 31, according to the lawsuit.
Hyperion's bar screens had failed once before in April and the agency's managers should have known a catastrophe was inevitable, the suit states. "The warning signs were glaring leading up to the spill, and now El Segundo residents are paying the price for LASAN's disregard for public safety."
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