Cleanup can begin when water recedes

Janesville Gazette

...Workers will have to sanitize every structure because communities upstream are emptying raw sewage in the river.

“When that water goes down, we know we have to scrub down and disinfect all the structures and poles,” Sheiffer said.

...Sheiffer noted the speed and power of the river’s current and the way it is pounding the river walls.

“Those river walls haven’t experienced that before,” Sheiffer said. “There is going to be damage. Any road under water for two weeks is going to be damaged.”