Bear Neck Creek ‘safe’ 2 weeks after sewage spill

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Bear Neck Creek in eastern Anne Arundel County is safe for swimmer, fishermen and direct human contact after a sewage spill last month closed the creek.

The creek was reopened late Wednesday afternoon after test samples of the creek’s water showed no signs of harmful bacteria from treated sewage that overflowed from a treatment plant in Mayo into the creek on Sept. 24, Anne Arundel health officials said.

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