Politics & Government
City Official Explains 'Loud, Howling, Roaring' Noise Coming From Echo Hill Road
If you hear a roaring noise in Marion over the next few weeks, here's what's going on.
Hearing a roaring noise around Marion lately?
Don't worry - it's nothing to be alarmed about, Todd Stiegerwaldt, general manager of the Marion Water Department, told the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The “loud, howling, roaring” noise is pressurized air being released as sand in removed from a new well on Echo Hill Road. The process has been going on since January and should be completed by the end of May.
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From the Gazette:
“It’s annoying and it will make the sound several times a day when the pressure is released and then the next day they pull up the sand, and then they start again,” Stiegerwaldt said. “There’s no harmful emissions, it’s just pressurized air being released."
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