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January 3, 2 0 0 8
Meeting to discuss youth advisory council
The OSU Extension 4-H
Office and the Workforce
Development Office are in
v itin g rep rese n tativ es o f
other youth-serving organiza
tions and interested commu
nity members to attend an
informal meeting to provide
input into the creation o f new
youth advisory councils in
Warm Springs.
The meeting will be hosted
by the OSU Extension 4-H O f
fice on Wednesday, January 9
from 10 a.m. to noon.
The meeting will be located
on the second floor training
room in the Education Building.
The meeting is designed to get
feedback on an idea o f creat
ing two community-wide youth
advisory councils consisting of
selected middle school and high
school youth that would meet
regularly to advise local youth
serving organizations about the
needs o f youth in the commu
nity. .
Input from the community is
sought regarding decisions such
as the process for selecting the
advisory council m em bers,
length of service, which organi-
Safe drinking water always a top priority
teria, organic chemicals, in-or-
(Note: This article is continued
ganic chem icals, to ta l tri-
from the previous paper.)
halomethanes (TTHM), or ra
dioactivity.
B y Jonathan Smith
Steve Courtney Sr. also pro
Environmental Technician
duces the Consumer Confidence
M aking th e com m unity Reports (CCR) for the depart
drinking water safe is a top pri ment, which are required by the
ority for the operators o f the Safe Drinking Water Act.
w ater system and they have
The reports specify each wa
identified the fluoride program ter system’s official results from
in d e p en d e n t state -c ertified
as a potential risk.
F o r the W arm Springs third-party labs and also contain
Agency, the distribution system important information regard
starts at the Warm Springs Wa ing water quality. The reports
ter Treatment Plant and contin are posted at various locations
ues through reservoirs, vaults, in the community and are avail
and miles o f pipeline.
able in July of each year.
T he W arm Springs W ater
There are a total o f 1,356
service connections that serve Distribution staff operates the
approximately 3,800 individuals. Sidw alter and S im n a sh o /
There are 24 commercial ser Schoolie Flats Water Systems.
They perfo rm analysis to
vice connections and Kah-Nee-
Ta has an additional 346 con ensure the water complies with
nections. The water system has the SDWA. The distribution
a total storage capacity o f 5,855 staff members are state-certified
Million Gallons a Day (MGD). operators as required by EPA’s
The SDWA also states there SDWA.
T he supervisor is K anim
are monitoring and reporting
requirements for public drink Smith, who has over thirty years
ing water systems. The Warm experience. The other two op
Springs Water Treatment Plant erators are Lee Johnson and
performs laboratory analysis on Steve G overnor who are cur
the source water (raw water), rently in training to become
chemically treated water (sub state-certified.
The distribution staff is re
basin water), and finish water
sponsible for maintenance, in
(tap water).
The staff performs labora stallation, w ater sam ples and
tory analysis o f water quality also the day-to-day operations o f
approximately every two hours. the distribution system.
We all know how important
They check water tempera
ture, turbidity (clarity), chlorine and precious our water is, With
residual, pH, color, hardness, out water we couldn’t survive.
alkalinity, and can do many Water is sacred.
That’s why it is important to
other tests that are documented
on a daily log. I f any o f the conserve as much as you can,
tests go over the EPA estab especially during this time o f
lished Maximum Containment global warming.
I f you see a d istrib u tio n
Levels then the facility would
take required action and then staff member turning off your
report and document each oc outside water faucet when it’s
running down the street, it’s be
currence.
Water samples from resi cause treating the water is ex
dences are sent to an indepen pensive. Please help us protect
dent state certified lab to test for our water for this generation and
contamination and water qual the next generation to come.
So, what does this all mean?
ity.
It means that the Confeder
Tests can include detection
for: nitrates, lead, copper, bac- ated Tribes o f Warm Springs
have p erso n n e l specifically
trained to operate the local wa
ter systems. And that they are
required to test water quality and
are following national standards
established by the Environmen
tal Protection Agency.
So, how will you know the
water is safe to drink?
The water is tested in-house
by certified operators and also
tested by independent certified
labs to ensure clean, safe, high
quahty drinking water.
How come the water tastes
funny, appears dirty, or smells
funny?
Som etim es w hen m ainte
nance is done on the distribu
tion system it can have an ef
fect on water quality. There are
many things that affect water
quality. Water is treated with
chlorine and is adjusted to have
a minimum residual o f 0.2 m g /
1 (ppm) at service connection
tap, as required by the SDWA.
Therefore, you may notice a
chlorine odor in the water. When
in doubt, flush the water for
three minutes and check for a
difference.
If you still think the water is
questionable, contact your local
water operator to report it.
If you have any questions or
concerns, the following contact
information is provided: ,
F o r W arm S prings W ater
Works, call Paul H enderson,
engineer, at 553-2234 pr Kanim
Smith, foreman, at 553-2234.
For W arm Springs W ater
T reatm en t Plan, call Steve
Courtney Sr., chief operator, at
553-1472.
For the Warm Springs Water
Board, call Roy Spino, chairman,
at 553-3257. P rotecting our
drinking water is everyone’s re
sponsibility. Repairing equip
ment due to vandalism can be
very expensive. I f you know
of, or see somebody vandaliz
ing our community’s drinking
water system you should report
it immediately. Call 911 or the
Warm Springs Police D ep art
ment at 553-1171.
zations will serve as the
sponsor, the job description
o f a youth advisory mem
ber, and sources o f funds to
support the activities of the
councils.
For m ore inform ation,
contact Shawn Morford at
553-3238 or Corey Clements
at 553-3324.
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