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OHA Drinking Water Services Water Advisory Details |
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| PWS ID: | OR41 05530 |
| PWS Name: | GRAMADA TERRACE |
| Advisory Type: | Boil Water |
| Reason: | Loss of Pressure |
| Area Affected: | System-wide |
| Affected Populations: | All |
| Begin Date: | Sep 09, 2024 |
| Date Lifted: | Open |
| Contacted By: | OSBORN, DANIEL (COLUMBIA COUNTY) |
| Who Was Contacted: | Robert and Carol Hurley |
| Contact Phone: | 503-556-3074 |
| Details: | The morning of 9/9/2024 I received a complaint from a resident served by Gramada Terrace Water System, #41-05530. The complainant says they do not have running water at their home. Complainant also says that the operator(s) told her they "wont have reliable water until it rains". (Operators did not tell me this directly.)
I then called Robert Hurley, the water system operator. I spoke with Carol Hurley who says that her husband ordered a 500 gallon tank of drinking water last week to provided for residents on that system, but this water tank has not arrived yet.
Carol added that although the system has two 3,000 gallon storage tanks, and one 800-1,000 gallon pressure tank, their well just is not producing water and is drying up. She proposed the idea of connecting residents to Rainier city water, which is apparently supplying homes that are just adjacent to those supplied by this system, though that practicality is unconfirmed.
Carol added that their home does not have running water either, so it is presumed that the whole system might be out of water at this time.
I then forwarded this matter to Oregon DWS and Columbia County Emergency Management.
Since the water system contact says they do not have an email address, I dropped off around 15 printed pages of the Boil Water Notice to distribute to all users of the system’s water, as well as information about DWS’s Financial Assistance program.
Update 09/25/2024: Roger Hurley called me and said a worker from McGee Well Drilling evaluated the water system and found what is believed to be a small leak in the pipe connected to the well. There was an issue with the electronic sensor and safety device to prevent the pump from burning up, and Hurley says that the McGee well worker replaced the electronic sensor. Roger also repressurized the pressure tank on 9/20 and says the water storage tanks are now full, and water supply has returned. McGee well drilling workers are planning to replace the pump and line running into the well that hooks up to the pump soon. The system has been chlorinated, and he says he used "about half a coffee cup" of chlorine, but does not have a test kit. |