and this is ken stein, director of asheville water systems in today on his day off. >> the whole system is inundated with water. our sewer lines' about 100 years old. it's got a lot of leaking joints in it. it gets infiltrated with storm water. >> kim: the city had 37 sewage spills. this cycle, there have only been 28 spills. well ahead of the last cycle. while that might sound concerning, stein says the waste water from your bathroom isn't concentrated. >> a very small percentage is raw sewage. the majority of it is itself storm water that inundates the system. >> kim: using larger pipe like this. $339 million on sewage rehab. >> kim: over 300 spills in 1990. upgrades are imperative. steins says in the next 200 years, they will continue to upgrade pipes. upgrades of 1% a year of those pipes. reporting live at westville park south of the airport, kimberly king, news 13. >> frank: severe weather has led to deaths of more than 45 people. the mississippi river has spilled over its banks after some record rain and flooding causing some mass evacuations and closing roads. the river is expect