For immediate release: may 10, 2013

 

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WASTEWATER DISCHARGE IN PRINCETON IS ONGOING

 

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PRINCETON – A sump pump failed in the main wastewater pumping station in Princeton about 7:30 Monday morning.

 

Subsequent flooding damaged the electrical system causing the city to bypass the treatment systems, sending untreated wastewater to the Mississippi River a few miles north of Davenport.

 

The city estimates the discharge at about 75 gallons per minute. The discharge was ongoing at 3:30 p.m., but the city hoped to dry out the pump and reinstall it Monday afternoon.

 

The DNR will continue to monitor the situation.

 

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Karen Grimes Information Specialist

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

P 515.281.5135 |[log in to unmask]

Wallace State Office | 502 E Ninth St | Des Moines, IA 50319

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