Iowa DNR News Environmental Services Division For immediate release May 21, 2009 ANAMOSA NO LONGER DISCHARGING PARTIALLY TREATED SEWAGE TO WAPSIPINCON ANAMOSA - Construction on a filter to the wastewater treatment facility in Anamosa has been completed and the city is no longer discharging partially treated sewage into the Wapsipinicon River. The city had been discharging partially treated sewage since March when work began on a portion of the facility's filtering system. Since that time, the city had not been meeting any of their discharge limits, including e.coli. The violation was discovered by an unannounced inspection by the DNR in April. "The system is in place and should be effectively filtering bacteria now," said Mike Wade of the DNR's field office in Manchester. Wade said he is pleased that the work got done prior to the Memorial Day weekend because of the proximity of Wapsipinicon State Park down stream. The DNR is planning to take enforcement action against the city of Anamosa for violations of the discharge permit and failing to report the problem. For more information, contact Mike Wade at 563-927-2640. -30- Kevin Baskins Communications Bureau Chief Iowa Department of Natural Resources 515-281-8395 [log in to unmask] --- You are currently subscribed to econewswire as: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe click the Unsubscribe link below, or send a blank email to: [log in to unmask] http://Membership.Lists.ia.gov/u?id=5088844W&n=T&c=F&l=econewswire (click here to unsubscribe) or send a blank email to If you received this message from a friend and would like to sign up for DNR Eco News Wire e-mails, please send a blank e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ________________________________ Spam <https://storm.simpson.edu/canit/b.php?i=42273030&m=cee5aa09c0ea&c=s> Not spam <https://storm.simpson.edu/canit/b.php?i=42273030&m=cee5aa09c0ea&c=n> Forget previous vote <https://storm.simpson.edu/canit/b.php?i=42273030&m=cee5aa09c0ea&c=f> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/