From: Gerald Fisher
Sent: Wed Mar 29 14:26:00 2017
To: Dan Huff
Subject: Update on Crypto
Importance: Normal
Dan,
We sampled the water on Monday and sent it to the lab in Seattle. We should hear back by next week. Below I asked our staff to once again request confirmation from the drinking water program, because to date we have received no proof from any agency or medical professional that could confirm a case within our community or the cause. If you read below you will see that there are a multitude of sources where someone could contract Crypto and that they (health agency) are not looking at water supplies as a source of the Crypto.
I will let you know what the test results are when we get them back. It is extremely likely that this is nothing more than a case false accusations on Facebook fed by hysteria, folks who want to place blame without facts, and a few select individuals who deliberately want to create panic within our community to discredit City staff and City Council with its citizenry.
Regards,
Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director
City of Molalla
117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 |Molalla, OR 97038
Office: 503.829.6855 | Direct: 503.759.0218
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From: Farrelly Peter R [mailto:PETER.R.FARRELLY@dhsoha.state.or.us]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 11:57 AM
To: Jeff McCrum <jmccrum@cityofmolalla.com>
Cc: 'Gerald Fisher' <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>; rhepler@cityofmolalla.com
Subject: RE: Molalla Water
Jeff,
Sorry more explicit details cannot be provided. However, this response from one of our public health physicians a few weeks back on the 10th can hopefully assuage your concerns and allow you to deal with as many facts as possible in your interactions with citizens and interested parties:
Hey, Peter –
We can’t be providing details about individual cases.
What I can tell you is that to date this year in Clackamas County, 5 cases of cryptosporidiosis have been reported to us, and we know of no epidemiologic links between them. If we see a geotemporal cluster of cases, we’d work with the local health department to investigate; but given that there are many potential sources of cryptosporidiosis – e.g., child care, swimming pools, food, pets -- we’d never start looking into public water supplies based on a case or two.
-Paul.
From: Jeff McCrum [mailto:jmccrum@cityofmolalla.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 11:32 AM
To: Farrelly Peter R <PETER.R.FARRELLY@dhsoha.state.or.us>
Cc: 'Gerald Fisher' <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>; rhepler@cityofmolalla.com
Subject: Molalla Water
Peter,
As of the writing of this email, we (City of Molalla) still have not received confirmation on the diagnosis of cryptosporidium in one of our young residents. We have requested it multiple times from multiple sources and have still yet to receive a reply. I’m writing this to request that you share any information you may have as to whether or not there is a confirmed diagnosis.
Thank you,
Jeff McCrum
Asst. Water Plant Operator
City of Molalla
503.829.5408