For immediate release: November 4, 2009

BLOCKED SEWER LINE CAUSES WASHINGTON TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER

MEDIA CONTACT: Jim Sievers, DNR Washington field office, at (319) 653-2135 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

WASHINGTON —A blockage in a sewer line is causing backed up wastewater to flow out of two manholes southwest of Washington.

The untreated wastewater is flowing at a slow rate out of the manholes, through a soybean field and into an unnamed tributary of Crooked Creek.

The city discovered the discharge Wednesday afternoon and is repairing the sewer main.

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