At a Glance

Residents residing in highrise housing buildings that line the river captured scenes of the unsightly discharges into the river.The source of the spill has yet to be identified, but it is suspected that construction sites may be responsible.

A flow of milky white, contaminated water flowed into South Florida's New River this week in Fort Lauderdale, reportedly a result of pollution making its way into the city's wastewater system from nearby construction sites.

Residents residing in highrise housing buildings that line the river captured scenes of the unsightly discharges into the river.

“It’s very light-colored, ,” resident Jason Taub told the Sun-Sentinel. “Every day for the last week.”

Milky white pollution flows into the New River in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

(Amber McNamara)

Amber McNamara from the 37th floor of her highrise apartment building along the river and posted it to social media. It showsthe pollution flowing into the river, markedly changing the color of the river from its normal deep blue to a white color.

“It’s very white and it spreads from Andrews to Third Avenue,” she said. “I’ve never seen white, cloudy discharge coming out of that pipe before. It turns the river an opaque beige, white color.”

Several weeks ago, a brownish discharge was reported from the same pipe and was found to originatefroma Fort Lauderdale street-improvement project, environmental inspectors for Broward County said.

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The source of the most recent spill has yet to be identified, city officials told the newspaper.

Chaz Adams, a spokesman for Fort Lauderdale, said the city is working to track down the source of the milky white spill.

“The city has building and environmental inspectors visiting construction sites in downtown to ensure that unauthorized materials are not being dumped into the storm drains and that proper protocols are being followed," he said.