City crews stop wastewater sewer line overflow in northeast Lincoln

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The Wastewater Division of the Lincoln Transportation and Utilities Department contained and stopped a wastewater overflow.

Early Friday morning, crews were called to a manhole near Ox Bow Circle and North 33rd Street following a report of leaking fluid.

According to officials, an instrumentation failure at a nearby lift station prevented the pump from operating, allowing wastewater to back up in the sanitary sewer collection system and release into a portion of Salt Creek…

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