Nick Hytrek
SIOUX CITY -- An equipment failure at a Sioux City sewer lift station led to a discharge of untreated wastewater into the Missouri River on Wednesday.
The discharge at the Floyd lift station began at about 10:15 a.m., and the city notified the Iowa Department of Natural Resources field office in Spencer.
An estimated 2 million gallons of untreated wastewater discharged into Bacon Creek Channel, and an unknown amount reached the Missouri River, the DNR said in a news release. Bacon Creek Channel was dry prior to the discharge.
The discharge was stopped, and the lift station remains operational.
No dead fish had been observed by late in the day, and the Bacon Creek Channel is once again dry, the DNR said.
The DNR notified downstream surface water systems with the cities of Council Bluffs, Omaha and Blair, Nebraska. Any downstream recreational users should take caution and stay out of the river at this time. The DNR will follow up with Sioux City for further assessment.
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