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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