Shellfishing is banned in the Kickemuit River after a faulty valve at a pump station released about 10,000 gallons of untreated sewage, the town of Bristol sewage authority said.
The authority issued a release on Thursday advising people to not shellfish in the area. All waters north of a line at the Narrows, from a utility pole at the end of Narrows Road to a stone wall at the most southwest point on the opposite side of the Narrows on Touisset Neck are closed until further notice.
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