OHA Drinking Water Services
OHA Drinking Water Services
Contact Report Details

PWS ID: OR41 00399
PWS Name: INDEPENDENCE WATER SYSTEM
 
Who Was Contacted and Phone: Ed Butts (503) 589-1115
Contact Date: 10/10/2007
Contacted By: FARRELLY, PETER (DWP)
Contact Method/Location: Office
 
Assistance Type: PLAN REVIEW
Reasons: VOCs
None
 
Details: SUMMARY: PCE contamination sampling schedule refining DETAILS: Wells 1-3 have carbon filters on them (for VOC treatment).
Well #2 currently has PCE contamination, while Wells 1 & 3 do not (yet?).
Wells 1-3 all produce the same 200 gpm per well flowrate everyday of the year and then flow into a reservoir before reaching the EP
Wells 4 & 5 are essentially emergency wells, though Ed wants to keep them Active on sdwis.

Therefore, since equally proportional blending is essentially always in effect, the quarterly PCE & vinyl chloride sampling may occur at the entry point - after the reservoir.

Independence takes raw water samples on all three wells roughly every 6 months.

Ed thinks the contaminant concentrations are beginning to wane. ACTION NEEDED: Sample the blended water coming from the reservoir at the entry point for vinyl chloride & PCE quarterly for one year.