— Around 15,000 gallons of untreated wastewater were discharged into Durham's Goose Creek on Friday.

The overflow was caused by operator error at the North Durham Water Reclamation Facility at 1900 E. Club Blvd., Durham officials said.

The sewer was found overflowing around 5:15 p.m. and the overflow ended around 6:30 p.m.

Officials said remediation included sandbagging storm drains, adding lime to the creek and pumping spilled wastewater back into the facility.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources was notified Friday as required by state law.