Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Services Division
 
For Immediate Release                                                   
December 16, 2008
 
PRIVATE SEWER LINE LEAKING IN DAVENPORT; DISCHARGE REACHING RIVER
 
MEDIA CONTACT: Rodney Tucker at (515) 725-0387 or [log in to unmask] 
 
DAVENPORT — A cracked private sewer line in Davenport is leaking sewage to the Mississippi River on Tuesday.
 
Around 9 a.m. Tuesday, employees at Kahl Home for the Aged discovered a sewer line leaking untreated sewage into the street, which flows into a catch basin and then to the river. It is unknown how much wastewater has reached the river.
 
As the sewer line is not connected to the city’s main sewer system, Kahl Home has hired a plumber to repair the line and stop the discharge. 
 
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