VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A portion of Broad Bay is now open for shellfish harvesting after a sewage spill prompted health officials to put a temporary ban in place.

The Virginia Department of Health announced the reopening on Thursday, 10 days after the closure took effect.

A leaking hose inside a pump house along Broad Bay Road caused the spill, VDH says, and sewage leaked into a neighboring yard before entering Broad Bay.

Neighbor Craig Campbell, who lives next to the site, said he noticed water gushing from the building.

“We came out and looked, and water was gushing from the sewage processing building, which is right behind those trees,” Campbell said. “It was filling that guy’s yard, coming under that white fence and pouring into the canal.”

Campbell said this isn’t the first time

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