Iowa Department of Natural Resources

 

April 2, 2009

For immediate release

 

1.     West Liberty discharges wastewater to creek

 

WEST LIBERTY DISCHARGES WASTEWATER TO CREEK

 

MEDIA CONTACT: Paul Brandt, DNR Washington field office, at (319) 653-2135 or [log in to unmask]

 

WEST LIBERTY — A pump malfunction overnight led to a wastewater discharge Thursday morning in West Liberty in Muscatine County.

 

The West Liberty wastewater treatment plant discharged partially treated wastewater from 6:30 to 9:15 Thursday morning. The city discharged about 23,000 gallons to Wapsinonoc Creek before it completed repairs on the pump.

 

Normally a second pump would provide backup, but it had been taken out for upgrades as part as an overall effort to make improvements to the treatment plant.

 

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