RATHDRUM, Idaho - The City of Rathdrum urges people to severely limit water use, as crews work to repair a sewer line that was severed Monday afternoon.

TDS drilled through Rathdrum's main wastewater line just before noon today near the Post Falls wastewater treatment facility, according to city officials.

As a precaution, the city shut down all of the sewer lines.

City Administrator Leon Duce estimates repairs will be completed by 9:30 p.m., but some residents may experience sewer backups before the line is fixed.

"We may see the sewer backing up into some of the homes. So we started doing a door to door campaign with some of the staff to notify those that had the highest probability of being affected by that," Duce said.

City staff are warning residents most likely to be affected by

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