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Washington, IA 52353
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More than 1 million gallons of overflow reported
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May. 31, 2019 12:09 pm
The city of Fairfield experienced five separate sanitary sewer overflows from Tuesday through the early morning hours of Thursday.
This was due to the city receiving approximately 3.5 inches of rainfall resulting in 1,222,195 gallons of overflow.
Fairfield is actively working towards eliminating overflows in the city. Step 1 of the sanitary sewer replacement has been completed with the treatment facility currently in reconstruction. Step 2 of the sanitary sewer replacement has been designed and will soon be going out to bid.
