CLEARWATER — About 150,000 gallons of sewage overflowed from a lift station near McMullen Booth Road and Abby Crescent Lane this week.

City officials estimate sewage had been overflowing for about nine hours before a lift station mechanic discovered the problem when he arrived for a daily inspection of the site at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

The sewage flowed onto the adjacent property where one duplex home sits and into Alligator Creek, according to a news release.

The spill was caused by a broken piece of equipment and was stopped immediately.