Recent heavy rainfall combined with saturated ground conditions on Monday, Feb. 23, resulted in the City of Sweet Home overflowing diluted raw sewage into Ames Creek, which flows into the South Santiam River.
According to city, the influent pump station structure overflowed its plant capacity at approximately 2:35 p.m. on Monday and, as of 4:15 p.m. that same day, the situation was still ongoing.
In a press release, the city explained that when the ground…