OHA Drinking Water Services
OHA Drinking Water Services
Contact Report Details

PWS ID: OR41 00157
PWS Name: CANBY UTILITY
 
Who Was Contacted and Phone: Brian Hutchins (503) 390-3700
Contact Date: 01/18/2007
Contacted By: CHARBONNEAU, TOM (DWP)
Contact Method/Location: Office
 
Assistance Type: WATER QUALITY ALERT RESPONSE
Reasons: Chlorine
Operations
 
Details: SUMMARY: high chlorine levels DETAILS: During WTP shutdown morning of 1-17-07 the chlorine treatment continued to operate and feed the solution into the clearwell. The residual was very high and some water was pumped into the system. The mistake was determined and corrected. Brian is confident that Chlorine residuals exceeded 4 ppm. ACTION NEEDED: Water operators must investigate and determine what happened. Operation must be developed to insure that it would not happed again. A tier two violation PN must be issied.