Cedar Rapids investigates private sewer lines in I and I study
City officials pursue a pilot survey in northeast Cedar Rapids to identify infiltration and inflow from private sanitary lines after a 2008 flood. The effort targets about 500 homes with door to door surveys and upcoming smoke tests to locate illegal connections and leaks. FEMA funding remains unavailable.
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Old Marion Road
32Nd Street
40Th Street
First Avenue
Dave Wallace
Wallace
FEMA
Dave Elgin
Elgin
HDR Engineering Inc
HDR
Jon Durst
Durst
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Iowa
Des Moines
Brian Fagan
Dubuque
Iowa Falls
Cedar. Rapids
Bigger sewer pipes eyed after Cedar Rapids flood damage
Public Works Director Dave Elgin says Cedar Rapids faces revised sewer designs after late June flash flooding. He notes 12 watersheds feed the Cedar River and that both sanitary and storm sewers contributed to damage, with possible larger pipes and more detention areas likely.
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Cedar Rapids
Dave Elgin
Elgin
Cedar River
Jon Durst
Durst
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
West Post Road NW
E Avenue NW
15Th Street NW
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