A sewage overflow into Tinker Creek stopped late Monday, nearly two weeks after floodwaters shut down the Water Pollution Control Plant in Roanoke.

A second sewage overflow, which also was caused by Tropical Storm Jeanne, into the Roanoke River was stopped Friday.

Western Virginia Water Authority officials had no estimate for the amount of sewage that flowed into the two waterways after floodwaters shut down the regional wastewater treatment plant for nine days.

Sewage was still gushing several feet into the air along the creek Monday afternoon, sending large amounts of feces, toilet paper and other waste into the creek near its junction with the river, which empties into Smith Mountain Lake some eight miles downstream.

While the plant was shut down, the sewage was stored in two large interceptor lines, one on the river and the other on the creek, until the lines reached their capacity.

Norman Auldridge, deputy regional director of the state Department of Environmental Quality, said the DEQ is working with plant officials to make sure it adheres to state and federal rules regulating dissolved oxygen, total suspended solids and other discharges into the river.

Auldridge said plant workers deserve credit for working around the clock, bringing in subcontractors and taking other steps to restart the plant.

"It took tremendous effort," Auldridge said. "Any enforcement action will certainly recognize that."