"The 24-year-old woman, who was a recent UC Santa Barbara graduate at the time, accumulated approximately $2 million in medical bills after she swallowed water contaminated with raw waste near Carnelian Bay in July 2024, according to documents reviewed by SFGATE. The woman filed a legal claim in July against Placer County and several other agencies, saying that after becoming sick, she was unconscious and hospitalized for weeks, the documents showed."
"The tainted water was caused by a massive spill that sent 123,000 gallons of sewage into the waters on July 18 and 19. The spill closed Carnelian West Beach for 13 days and Patton Landing Beach for a week, and it resulted in an $850,000 settlement with the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, the agency responsible for the water quality."
A 24-year-old recent UC Santa Barbara graduate swallowed raw waste–contaminated water near Carnelian Bay in July 2024 and developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (an E. coli infection) and renal failure. She was unconscious and hospitalized for weeks and has accrued approximately $2 million in medical bills. She filed a legal claim in July against Placer County and several agencies; Placer County formally rejected the claim in September. A 123,000-gallon sewage spill on July 18–19 closed Carnelian West Beach for 13 days and Patton Landing Beach for a week and led to an $850,000 settlement with the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board. The spill followed a private contractor striking a main sewer export pipeline, and Lahontan directed the claim be forwarded to the state Department of General Services, with no further contact from the family reported.
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