Environmental Services Division
MAHARISHI VEDIC CITY HAS WASTEWATER DISCHARGE TO CREEK
MEDIA CONTACT: Dennis Ostwinkle at (319) 653-2135 or [log in to unmask]
VEDIC CITY—A neighbor reported wastewater pooling in a ditch near Vedic City in Jefferson County at about noon on Monday.
City staff discovered a ruptured pipe near the 170th Street pumping station in Vedic City and shut the pumps down. An unknown amount of wastewater flowed over land and then into an underground tile line, which flows into a tributary of Mitchell Creek.
The city reported that it had repaired the pipe by 5:45 p.m. Monday.
The DNR is not considering enforcement action at this time.
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Karen Grimes
Communications Bureau
Iowa DNR
502 East Ninth Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0034
(515) 281-5135