DES MOINES, Iowa — A sewage discharge in Des Moines reached the North Walnut Creek on Tuesday.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said at around 1:40 p.m. the City of Des Moines notified the department of a wastewater discharge from a manhole near 2624 Merle Hay Road.
The sanitary sewer system and storm sewer system intersect at the location of the discharge. According to the DNR, the discharge has resulted in an unknown amount of raw sewage entering the storm sewer and flowing into a small tributary of North Walnut Creek.
Cleanup and repair efforts have begun and should be completed soon, the DNR said. The city is also jetting the sewer line along Merle Hay Road.
The tributary flows west through residential areas from 3000 Merle Hay Road, under 62nd Street and Urbandale Avenue, to just north of Rocklyn Park and east of 71st Street before entering North Walnut Creek.
Those downstream should use caution and stay out of the creek. No dead fish have been found at this time.
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