A ruptured irrigation line near Windsor spilled an estimated 660,000 gallons of treated water into a creek that feeds the Russian River, state officials reported Friday.
The leak was reported in the area of Trenton-Healdsburg Road southwest of Windsor near Riverfront Regional Park. It does not appear to have resulted in any environmental damage, said Eric Laughlin, a spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Laughlin said the ruptured line was discovered at 12:30 a.m. Friday and turned off 30 minutes later.
The town of Windsor's Public Works Department reported the leak to state officials later that morning.
The leak sent water flowing into a drainage ditch, and from there, into Mark West Creek, four miles upstream of the Russian River, Laughlin said.
"It probably took a couple of days to figure out it was broken," he said.
He said the water was not chlorinated or treated with chemicals.
"It's just reclaimed water," he said.
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