RIVERDALE, Iowa (KWQC) - Riverdale and Panorama Park are celebrating the successful completion of a new sewer system located along the Mississippi River Trail just east of the Arconic Learning Center.

A ribbon cutting was held to mark the project’s completion of the multi-phase sanitary sewer project that had been in the works for over seven years.

In the past, the communities had problems with water overwhelming the sanitary sewers due to small cracks and breaks in pipes.

Previously, they were forced to allow untreated sewage into creeks due to a lack of capacity during a 2019 flood.

Now seven years later they say the problem is fixed.

The new system allows for better water quality and long term sustainability for the sewer network.

The project was funded by federal COVID relief mon

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