City reports sewage overflow in east Salem
Pringle Creek flows near the Minto Island Bridge before connecting with the Willamette River. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter)
An overflow of about 2,180 gallons of raw sewage went into Little Pudding River in east Salem on Wednesday around midnight because of recent heavy rains, the City of Salem announced Wednesday.
Salem’s Public Works Department was able to stop the overflow on Glendale Avenue around 7:48 a.m.
Environmental Services staff collected water samples at the Little Pudding River and will continue to monitor until the issue is resolved, the city announced in a news release.
“Any bacteria that entered the site should be flushed out of the water body in the next few days,” the release stated.
The city is advising people avoid contact with the Willamette River and Little Pudding River.
