Burlington fights a riverside sewer leak
September 8, 2009

The city of Burlington, Iowa, is waiting for river levels to drop on the Mississippi River so they can repair a leak in a sewer line in a nearly-inaccessible location. It's estimated at 200 gallons per minute, which is a tiny fraction of the total flows past the town at the same location -- about 42,000 cubic feet per second, or almost 19,000,000 gallons per minute. The resulting dilution is far more than enough to mitigate any serious environmental damage, though it's about the amount one could put through a 3" portable pump.

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