The Port of Los Angeles will need to clean up widespread water contamination in the city's harbor by shoring up sewage treatment operations, according to a settlement approved by a federal judge.

The settlement was the result of a lawsuit filed by the organization Environment California last summer accusing the port of violating the Clean Water Act by unleashing toxic pollutants into the San Pedro Bay.

The group maintained that the port had conducted more than 2,000 illegal wastewater discharges in the previous five years alone — release that routine surpassed limits on fecal bacteria, copper and other contaminants.

"Californians count on having a clean,........

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