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Flesh chunks found in Iowa water lines

Copyright © 2005 AP Online

This story was published Monday, April 25th, 2005

The Associated Press

CARROLL, Iowa (AP) - City officials are perplexed over the discovery of mysterious chunks of flesh that have been clogging up city water lines. A month ago, city officials sent a hunk of meaty-fatty tissue to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for identification.

As they wait for those results, three similar chunks of fleshy material were found on Thursday in another water main during routine flushing, Public Works Director Randy Krauel said.

A city worker discovered the blockage when a diffuser on a fire hydrant became clogged, Krauel said.

Additional flushing removed two other chunks from water mains, he said.

"Again, we're really not sure what it is," he said. "The pieces kind of looked like the first one. There was no hair and no real bone. There were varying degrees of the substance, whatever it is."

He speculated that the flesh likely belonged to an animal that crawled into a water main somewhere.

The new chunks also were sent to a state lab for identification.

Krauel said drinking water was not affected by the blockages and is safe to drink.

Chlorine levels have been temporarily increased as a precaution, he said.

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Information from: Daily Times Herald

I am thinking that I am drinking bottled water from now on!!!!!!!! :yh_sick

Does Tombstone live in those parts?

abbey wrote: Does Tombstone live in those parts?Tombstone lives in Idaho...............obviously someone cut up a body and flushed the chunks. :wah: ...at least it didn't end up in the local chili.

Maybe the finger came from IOWA!!!!!!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh LC your gross!

mominiowa wrote: Maybe the finger came from IOWA!!!!!!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh LC your gross!not gross....pragmatic

It wasn't me!

I just had one chunk.

Ok I called my friend at the water dept. and she said they sent it away - the last time and nobody ever heard anything back......you can not tell me that the water can be cleaned out with chemicals when there is a CHUNK of SOMETHING in there..ohhhhhhh if ya lived here u would almost throw-up reading that..

mominiowa wrote: THIS IS MY HOME TOWN!!!!!!!!!





Flesh chunks found in Iowa water lines



Copyright © 2005 AP Online

This story was published Monday, April 25th, 2005



The Associated Press



CARROLL, Iowa (AP) - City officials are perplexed over the discovery of mysterious chunks of flesh that have been clogging up city water lines. A month ago, city officials sent a hunk of meaty-fatty tissue to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for identification.



As they wait for those results, three similar chunks of fleshy material were found on Thursday in another water main during routine flushing, Public Works Director Randy Krauel said.



A city worker discovered the blockage when a diffuser on a fire hydrant became clogged, Krauel said.



Additional flushing removed two other chunks from water mains, he said.



"Again, we're really not sure what it is," he said. "The pieces kind of looked like the first one. There was no hair and no real bone. There were varying degrees of the substance, whatever it is."



He speculated that the flesh likely belonged to an animal that crawled into a water main somewhere.



The new chunks also were sent to a state lab for identification.



Krauel said drinking water was not affected by the blockages and is safe to drink.



Chlorine levels have been temporarily increased as a precaution, he said.



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Information from: Daily Times Herald



I am thinking that I am drinking bottled water from now on!!!!!!!! :yh_sick




Hey, it's not every city that has protein in it's water supply. Think of it as a supplement.

YUCK! The word "chunk" grosses me out every time they say it, and they said it like 6 times! Even if it is just a animal, I don't want its "chunks" in my water (gag). I don't know much about chemicals and water but I wouldn't want to drink/cook with it.

I would not drink or cook with it either! YUCK! I would boycott the water department and refuse to pay my water bill until it was dechunked. Enough people do it, they would find the source much faster.

"chunks" are biodegradable, right? :yh_sick

Things could be even worse. You could live in Kingston-upon-Hull, which was voted `Europe`s worst town`, or even down alongside the open sewers in some of the underdeveloped countries in the world......

Florrie wrote: Who is kidding who?

If ye only knew!!!! :sneaky:

I have a relative in the UK who is 'water board' staff.

Should hear the stories he has to tell about THINGS they find in the water system which eventually gets drunk.

Dead sheep fermenting for days.....shall I go on..........?

Believe the officials, it don't do ye any harm. What ye dont know ye don't worry about......unless ye opt to take Environmental Health as a subject.

Cannabals don't die, just get fatter, unless get squitters and wither away.


:yh_sick

Not the best news in the world for the vegetarians in Iowa

Ohh Snooze - I can't believe this got bumped..Can you believe we never heard anything else about it......just that it was a hunk of BEEF..the city made shirts for their Relay for Life team before we found out it was beef and sold them.they looked like this...LOL

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I don't drink 'treated water'. I can see the neighborhood well from my house and it's only my neighbors that get it. No yuckies here!

Whenever I travel into continental Europe, I only ever drink bottled water, no ice in a drink etc. The only place I've had tap water outside of the UK is in the US.

Now I'm hearing that there's more bacteria in bottled water (but less chunks).

No wonder W.C.Fields didn't drink the stuff

mominiowa wrote: THIS IS MY HOME TOWN!!!!!!!!!



Flesh chunks found in Iowa water lines

Copyright © 2005 AP Online

This story was published Monday, April 25th, 2005

The Associated Press

CARROLL, Iowa (AP) - City officials are perplexed over the discovery of mysterious chunks of flesh that have been clogging up city water lines. A month ago, city officials sent a hunk of meaty-fatty tissue to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for identification.

As they wait for those results, three similar chunks of fleshy material were found on Thursday in another water main during routine flushing, Public Works Director Randy Krauel said.

A city worker discovered the blockage when a diffuser on a fire hydrant became clogged, Krauel said.

Additional flushing removed two other chunks from water mains, he said.

"Again, we're really not sure what it is," he said. "The pieces kind of looked like the first one. There was no hair and no real bone. There were varying degrees of the substance, whatever it is."

He speculated that the flesh likely belonged to an animal that crawled into a water main somewhere.

The new chunks also were sent to a state lab for identification.

Krauel said drinking water was not affected by the blockages and is safe to drink.

Chlorine levels have been temporarily increased as a precaution, he said.

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Information from: Daily Times Herald

I am thinking that I am drinking bottled water from now on!!!!!!!! :yh_sick


My ex worked at a pillow place that had a lot of leftover foam rubber that had to be shredded on weekends. A man would come there with his kids and do it. The shredder clogged up so he opened a small hatch and got it unclogged and turned it on and saw it was spinning ok and as he went to close the hatch his thumb went inside and sheared if right nof into the bin of foam. He told his kids to hunt for it but they could not find it and he was bleeding a lot so he chose to go on and get his hand fixed. I have often wondered if that thumb showed up in someones pillow. I guess it would smell real bad soon.

I wonder how you equate the water is fine with chunks of blubbery flesh in it ? Politicians ! They're so silly.