By Benny Westcott
Of The New Era/Lebanon Local
On Tuesday, Aug. 9, the Sweet Home wastewater treatment plant experienced an increase of approximately double its usual flow of 700 gallons per minute.
For three to four hours that day, its influent level was at 1,400 GPM. Then, three or four days later, the plant lost nearly all biological life in its aeration basin.
“The suspicion is that something was in that flow that was abnormal…