LONG BEACH, Calif. — After a roughly two-week closure prompted by an 8 million-gallon sewage spill, the waters of Long Beach coastal beaches and bays were reopened to the public Friday.

Inner Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, however, remains off-limits due to the spill that followed torrential rains that soaked the region.

Long Beach health officials opted to reopen its beaches “after consecutive lab results demonstrated the water to be within state water quality standards.” The beaches were closed to all recreational water activity on Feb. 1 in response to the sewage spill that sent up to 8 million gallons of wastewater into the Dominguez Channel, leading to the coast.

The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, which manages the countywide sewage system for 5.4 million people, issued a statement at the time blaming the record-setting storm that battered the region for over-taxing the system.

Sanitation officials said floodwater entered the sewer system through manholes, causing “temporary overloads to sewers that resulted in sewage overflowing onto streets at 10 locations.”

The county agency noted that its largest sewage treatment plant, Warren Water Resource Facility in Carson, typically treats 250 million gallons of sewage per day, but at the height of the storms, it was inundated with 560 million gallons, “with more than half of the flow coming from the stormwater inflow.”

“Our goal is to have zero sewer overflows and we are disappointed that the recent overflows occurred,” Robert Ferrante, general manager of the Sanitation Districts, said in a statement. “In the aftermath of this huge storm, we will redouble our efforts in working with our member cities and the county to minimize rain getting into the sewer system. We’ve recently invested $11 million in flow sensors throughout the system and will be analyzing that data to determine where the problem areas are so that we can prioritize our efforts.”

Sanitation officials insisted that none of the overflows occurred due to aging infrastructure or poor maintenance.

“In fact, the district’s pumping plants and treatment plants remained online during the storms and treated record amounts of flow,” according to the agency. “The recent storms are unprecedented. Los Angeles County experienced record setting rain over much of the Los Angeles Basin, sometimes at high intensity. The region’s extensive storm drains and sewers simply could not keep up with the amount of water.”

Updated Los Angeles County beach closure information is available by calling 800-525-5662 or online at publichealth.lacounty.gov/beach/. Long Beach recreational beach water quality information is available at 562-570-4199 or longbeach.gov/beachwaterquality.