Heavy rainfall leads to multiple wastewater treatment bypasses, public advised to avoid floodwaters 5/22/2024 12:51:00 PM View Count 1158 Following days of heavy rainfall, flash flooding and Tuesday’s severe storms, multiple Iowa wastewater treatment plants have reported discharging untreated or partially treated wastewater.
Wastewater discharge at City of Fontanelle reaches Middle Nodaway River, published 05/22/2024 5/22/2024 12:48:00 PM View Count 830 Heavy precipitation is causing a discharge of untreated wastewater from the City of Fontanelle. It is flowing from the lift station located at Washington and Main Streets in town to an unnamed tributary which runs more than a mile before reaching the Middle Nodaway River.
Wastewater Bypass City of Fontanelle and Middle Nodaway River 8/2/2023 2:18:00 PM View Count 2669 ATLANTIC -- Heavy precipitation is causing a bypass of untreated wastewater from the City of Fontanelle. It is flowing from Washington and Main Street in town to an unnamed tributary which runs over a mile before reaching the Middle Nodaway River. The bypassing began at 2:51 a.m. The amount of the discharge is unknown at this time.
Hit to private sewer line causes wastewater spill in Bedford 2/28/2023 4:27:00 PM View Count 2906 A contractor for the city of Bedford accidentally hit a private sewer line while doing work on a water line Tuesday, causing wastewater to spill between 405 North and 102 Central Street.
Bypass reported in Mount Ayr 2/27/2023 2:55:00 PM View Count 2945 A bypass was reported in the city of Mount Ayr Monday morning from the Pasture lift station east of 105 Deerview Lane.
Bypass found in Creston discharging into marsh 2/27/2023 10:43:00 AM View Count 3272 A bypass at the City of Creston collection system was observed Monday morning.
Lake City wastewater discharge in Calhoun County may end today 8/31/2017 1:23:00 PM View Count 2865 LAKE CITY—Thursday morning, officials in Lake City reported wastewater overflowing from a manhole on the northwest side of town near the cemetery.
Pump failure results in wastewater bypass to Storm Lake 10/8/2016 6:12:00 PM View Count 3344 Storm Lake – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) responded to a bypass at the Tyson Fresh Meats pork plant on October 8, 2016. The bypass occurred when a lift station pump failed and caused a power failure at two lift stations.