CARROLL, Iowa -- City officials are perplexed over the discoveryof mysterious chunks of flesh that have been clogging up city waterlines. A month ago, city officials sent a hunk of meaty-fatty tissueto the Iowa Natural Resources Department for identification.
As they wait for those results, three similar chunks of fleshymaterial were found on Thursday in another water main during routineflushing, Public Works Director Randy Krauel said.
A city worker discovered the blockage when a diffuser on a firehydrant became clogged, Krauel said. Additional flushing removed twoother chunks from water mains, he said.
"Again, we're really not sure what it is," he said. "The pieceskind of looked like the first one. There was no hair and no realbone. There were varying degrees of the substance, whatever it is."
He speculated that the flesh likely belonged to an animal thatcrawled into a water main somewhere. The new chunks also were sent toa state lab for identification.
Krauel said drinking water was not affected by the blockages andis safe to drink. Chlorine levels have been temporarily increased. AP
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