City of Mitchellville asks residents to conserve water due to well issues

MITCHELLVILLE, Iowa — The city of Mitchellville is asking residents to conserve water due to well issues.

According to a release from late Tuesday, the city had identified a problem with one well and coordinated temporary emergency pump service. During that process, however, another well was evaluated and was found to not be producing water are quality levels required for distribution, according to a Wednesday update from the city.

Mitchellville said the well that originally failed is back online, though its production remains below normal as more repairs take place. The second well is undergoing pump replacement and maintenance, the Wednesday update said…

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