From: John F. Kirwan

Sent: Thu Nov 10 06:03:29 2011

To: waterqualitystandards

Subject: WED Canal

Importance: Normal

Don,

I have met with several people over the last couple of days and they have asked me to submit their concerns over the waste water going into the WED canal so here they are:

Mrs Besnett. She was the person that is the first water user in the canal her concern is that the city will have to move their water pipe so far that it will not get done. When the water is coming from the Columbia river they already have problems with smell and moss growth as it is because there is a lack of mixing that the problem will only be made worse by the waste water coming in at an even higher temperature.

The amount of leakage that is coming from the canal, the concern here is that all of the houses that are below the canal are using water that is already high in nitrates and that their wells will further be contaminated, not only with nitrates but also what ever the contaminates are in the waste water. Making their wells virtually unusable.

A few citizens brought up the fact that this canal should be fenced off to prevent the kids from playing in or swimming in the canal. This canal has too much access to the public.

There is serious concern that this waste water going in the canal will increase the Salt levels in the soil to a level that is so high that some of the ground would not be able to support the crops that are currently being grown. There should also be some preliminary testing done to determine the levels of salt that are being discharged into the canal from the Umatilla and the Columbia river to establish a baseline. There should also be some soil testing to determine the current levels of salt in the soil of this sensitive farm ground to determine how much salt should be allowed in the water and have no adverse effect on the soil.

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