(Bedford, Iowa – DNR News) – A contractor for the city of Bedford accidentally hit a private sewer line while doing work on a water line Tuesday, causing wastewater to spill between 405 North and 102 Central Street.

City officials estimated 100 gallons of sewage reached the city storm sewer, which drains approximately one mile before outletting into the East Fork of the One Hundred Two River.

The city’s contractor immediately made the necessary repairs to the private sewer line.