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Risk
Oregon Public Water Systems at Risk
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Water Systems
It's unclear what may be required of
any systems found to be at risk for toxic
algae blooms in regards to testing or
treatment. OHA Director Pat Allen said
last week that his agency will imple-
ment temporary rules requiring testing
for cyanotoxins, but those conversa-
tions are still ongoing. Any permanent
rules would have to go through a more
laborious process later on.
Any additional requirements are go-
ing to cost money for work hours and
testing, likely placing more responsibil-
ity on a state department that has been
underfunded for years.
Drinking Water Services within OHA,
which regulates all 3,000 water systems
in the state, has shed almost a third of
its staff since 2011, forcing remaining
employees to prioritize regulating some
systems over others and stop all but the
most critical data management.
Department manager David Emme
said funding has been stagnant at best
as the federal grants that make up the
majority of the budget have not kept up
with inflation or increasing personnel
costs.
The state's funding also proved unre-
liable, as the medical marijuana fees
used to fund the agency over the past
couple biennia declined after full legal-
ization. General funds replaced that in
2017, but at levels still below what
Emme said is needed to fund the de-
partment's core purposes.
Even before Salem's water crisis,
Emme said, the department was work-
ing on a plan to pitch to the state Legis-
Alert
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܂ May 23:Tests show high levels of
toxins, alert issued
܂ June 8: Tests show low levels of
toxins, alert lifted
܂ June 13:Tests show high levels of
toxins, alert issued
܂ June 14:Tests show low levels of
toxins, alert lifted
܂ June 15: Tests show high levels of
toxins, alert issued
Oregon Health Authority officials
said that yo-yo number of advisories
Chris Kowitz, water program coordinator for the city of Salem, pulls a nutrient
sample at Heater Creek, a tributary to Detroit Lake. PHOTO COURTESY OF CITY OF SALEM
lature that would raise an additional $1
million per year by issuing new fees to
water systems. The budget for this bien-
nium is $13.6 million.
The plan is supposed to go before
lawmakers during the 2019 session.
Fees would vary based on system size —
larger systems would be asked to pay
more than smaller systems — and the
day-to-day benefit would largely go to-
ward those smaller systems that don't
have the staff to test their water inde-
pendently of the state.
“We’re in good shape, but smaller cit-
ies that may need more help, that might
really impact them," said Dwayne
Barnes, utility operations manager for
City of Salem Public Works.
Salem's Democratic Senator Peter
Courtney has also said he wants water
funding to be a priority in 2019. He ex-
pects a proposal to be presented during
September legislative days so lawmak-
ers can be ready to move forward when
the January session begins.
“That part of the budget has got to get
special attention in the next session,”
the Senate President said.
Courtney said he also wants to see a
major water testing facility built in Ore-
gon, so water samples no longer have to
be shipped to out-of-state labs. Results
from samples of Salem's water during
the crisis arrive on a two-day delay be-
cause testing is done in a lab in Ohio.
“We have a very serious problem in
the state of Oregon that we have to ad-
dress,” Courtney said.
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was due to the unusual amount of tests.
"It is unusual for the Harmful Algae
Bloom Program to get daily samples,"
OHA said in a news release. "Typically,
the program receives sample results for
recreational bodies of water on a weekly
basis. OHA's guidelines require the
agency to issue an advisory whenever
cyanotoxin levels exceed recreational
guideline values.
"This
more-frequent-than-usual
sampling, along with daily changes in
toxin levels measured in that daily sam-
pling from Detroit Lake, is the reason
recreational advisories have been is-
sued and lifted so often for Detroit
Lake."
How high are
the toxins in Detroit?
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The toxins at Detroit weren't as high
as they've been in the past. But, they
were still well above levels that trigger a
health advisory.
This time, the Heater Creek Arm of
the reservoir had the highest results,
with the toxin microcystin at 15.028
parts per billion.
Elevated levels were also found at
Blowout Arm (12.608 PPB), the log boom
at the dam (8.260 ppb) and Big Cliff Res-
ervoir (11.824 ppb).
A health advisory is issued when tox-
in levels reach just 4 ppb.
McKenzie River
City of Gates
N. Santiam River
Mill City Water Department
N. Santiam River
Lyons Mehema Water District
N. Santiam River
Salem Public Works
N. Santiam River
Stayton Water Supply
N. Santiam River
City of Albany
Santiam River
City of Jefferson
Santiam River
City of Cottage Grove
Row River
City of Creswell
C. F. Willamette R.
City of Lowell
M. F. Willamette R.
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M. F. Willamette R.
PP &L-Tokatee Village
N. Umpqua River
City of Glide
N. Umpqua River
City of Roseburg
N. Umpqua River
Umpqua Basin Water Association
N. Umpqua River
City of Estacada
Clackamas River
Clackamas River Water-Clackamas
Clackamas River
North Clackamas County W. C.
Clackamas River
South Fork W. B. Oregon City
Clackamas River
Lake Oswego Municipal Water
Clackamas River
Tiller Ranger Station
S. Umpqua River
Tiller Elementary
S. Umpqua River
Milo Academy
S. Umpqua River
City of Canyonville
Canyon Creek
Lawson Acres Water Association
Cow Creek
City of Riddle
Cow Creek
Tri-City JW & SA
S. Umpqua River
City of Myrtle Creek
S. Umpqua River
Clarks Branch Water Association
S. Umpqua River
Roseburg Forest Products-Dillard
S. Umpqua River
Winston Dillard Water District
S. Umpqua River
Roberts Creek Water District
S. Umpqua River
Country View Estates W. S.
Rogue River
Anglers Cove/SCHWC
Rogue River
Medford Water Commission
Rogue River
City of Gold Hill
Rogue River
City of Rogue River
Rogue River
City of Grants Pass
Rogue River
City of Gold Beach
Rogue River
Source: Oregon Health Authority
What about in Salem's water?
Water tests also showed the toxin mi-
crocystin in places throughout the
North Santiam River above safe levels
for drinking, but safe for recreation.
At Packsaddle Park, which is just
downstream of Detroit, microcystin lev-
els were 1.45. At the Salem intake plant
on the North Santiam, levels were
0.8255. Both of those numbers are
above what's considered safe for vul-
nerable populations — which is 0.3 ppb.
However, all of the tests taken of wa-
ter coming out of Salem taps showed re-
sults below 0.3 — meaning safe for ev-
erybody.
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