At least 10 residents in Clintonville are cleaning up after a combination of storm water and ranch salad dressing seeped into their basements.

SLIDESHOW: Images Of Flooding

According to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, rain from last week's storms combined with sewage from the T. Marzetti. Co. -- a salad dressing producer located on Indianola Avenue.

Sewage and storm water overwhelmed the city's storm sewer system, resulting in flooding at nearby homes.

"It's creamy-ranch- dressing-looking crap," resident Steven Maiken told the Columbus Dispatch. "It's not toxic waste, but we did have to throw away a lot of stuff. We tried to wash it off over and over again."

Maiken, who lives on Northridge Road, told the newspaper that he reported the problem to the Ohio EPA on Tuesday.

The Ohio EPA assessed the damage to basements and said residents should strip and bleach their basements, 10TV News reported.

According to the newspaper, the EPA suspects that pipes from nearby homes merge with pipes from the factory, but the pipes were not wide enough to handle excess water.

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