COUNCIL BLUFFS — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports the City of Council Bluffs began discharging wastewater from the I-80 Sanitary Pump Station at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14th. The discharge, officials say, is necessary to repair a damaged force main. Repairs will be conducted as quickly as possible but may take several days.

Council Bluffs estimates they will discharge approximately 4 million gallons of untreated wastewater per day during the repairs. The public should avoid contact with the Missouri River downstream from Interstate 80.