City reports 19 million gallons of sewage spilled after West Salem pipes failed
The city of Salem is working with farmers and landowners in West Salem and Keizer to clean up land after the area was contaminated by nearly 19 million gallons of sewage following two pipeline failures last month.
The size of the spill is according to a city report submitted to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Dec. 31. It detailed the Dec. 27 line failures, which prompted two days of sewer service restrictions in…
