> This is a terrible happening to one of our glacial
> lakes..45 thousand
> gallons of waste water is a terrible load and the
> thing I noticed is the
> frosting over the language ....makes it sound like
> this was a good thing
> that occurred
>
> I think the lake should be closed as the boating and
> water skiing etc will
> move this waste water all over the lake and endanger
> our recreation for days
>
> Those of you interested or living in the area should
> do some pressure on the
> city to see this does not happen again This was a
> bypass you will note and
> it lasted for hours !!
>
>
> Roy Overton
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karen Grimes" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 3:13 PM
> Subject: Wastewater break enters Clear Lake
>
>
> Pasted below and attached as a Word document is a
> press release from the
> Department of Natural Resources about a wastewater
> bypass into Clear Lake
> that occurred today.  If you have trouble receiving
> this transmission,
> please contact [log in to unmask] or
> 515-281-5135.
>
>
>
> Environmental Services Division
>
> For Immediate Release
> July 15, 2003
>
> FORCE MAIN BREAK SENDS WASTEWATER TO CLEAR LAKE
>
> MASON CITY – A break in a sanitary sewer force main
> discharged about 45,000
> gallons of untreated wastewater into Ventura Heights
> Park and then drained
> into Clear Lake.
>
> The break occurred about 4 a.m. on Tuesday and ended
> about 9:30 a.m.   Clear
> Lake Sanitary District has started repairs and is
> removing the pooled
> wastewater from the park.
>
> Most of the wastewater went into the lake, but
> because of the location and
> wind direction it is not expected to be a risk for
> swimmers and boaters.
> There is no expected impact on fish and dissolved
> oxygen in the lake is
> high.
>
> “With the wind out of the north, most of the
> effluent will stay close to the
> shoreline, giving sunshine the opportunity to break
> down the bacteria in the
> lake quickly,” said Jeff Van Steenburg,
> environmental specialist of the DNR
> Mason City field office.
>
> The DNR has taken bacterial samples near the break
> and at three public
> beaches which are quite distant from the location of
> the break.  Results are
> expected back on Wednesday.
>
> The affected area in the park is being treated with
> lime to speed up
> bacterial die-off.
>
> Van Steenburg said the DNR may retest these sites on
> Wednesday, depending on
> test results from Tuesday.
>
> For more information, contact Kevin Moler,
> Superintendent of the Clear Lake
> Sanitary District, at 641-357-2019 or Jeff Van
> Steenburg at 641-424-4073.
>
>
>
>
>
>

> ATTACHMENT part 2 application/msword name=03-07-15
Clear Lake force main.doc



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