New pipes paying off in reduced I&I

Sean C. Morgan

January’s big rain storm brought good – albeit unscientific – news about Sweet Home’s sewer system.

During the storm, the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant bypassed far less water than city officials would have expected.

“Past experience would’ve told us with that particular rain event, we would’ve bypassed sooner during the rain storm,” said Public Works Director Mike Adams. That means the rain took longer to fill up the treatment plant. “We didn’t…

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