The sound of many sump-pump motors in downtown Burlington is something you’ll hear in the coming days, as the flood-water begins to recede and the Market Street pumping station returns to normal operations.
The station stopped pumping wastewater Saturday night as the Mississippi River continued its steady rise…but meteorologist Rich Kinney of the National Weather Service in Davenport says the crest yesterday(Sun) was not as high as expected. 23.65-feet is about 1/2-foot lower than predicted.
Kinney says it’s possible we could see some heavy rainfall and surface flooding tonight(Mon), but it’s not expected to be everywhere.
A number of businesses near the riverfront experienced sewage backups and have their sump-pumps going, including Frank Millard and Company…Camera Land…the Preservation Station…and the 9-story Burlington Apartments, which are without elevator or cable-TV service due to water in the basement.
In fact, the City says virtually the whole area east of Main Street from the tracks north to Columbia…the area between Main & 3rd from the tracks north to Washington…and the area between 3rd & 7th from the tracks north to Jefferson…have been having sewer-system backups.
