From: COLE David
Sent: Tue Aug 19 11:26:34 2014
To: 'Jonathan Patrick'; YELTON-BRAM Tiffany; dhuff@cityofmolalla.com; Jennifer Cline
Cc: HYNSON Mark; Christine Hein; COLE David
Subject: RE: Complaint: leaking pipe at Molalla Wastewater plant
Importance: Normal
Thanks Jon, good work!
David Cole, R.G.
Water Quality Permit Compliance Specialist
DEQ Northwest Region & Western Region
2020 SW 4th Avenue
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 229-5011
(503) 229-6957 Fax
cole.david@deq.state.or.us
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Patrick [mailto:jpatrick@cityofmolalla.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 11:16 AM
To: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany; dhuff@cityofmolalla.com; Jennifer Cline
Cc: HYNSON Mark; Christine Hein; COLE David
Subject: RE: Complaint: leaking pipe at Molalla Wastewater plant
We repaired that water leak. It is no longer dripping on the old weir.
It is ridiculous to think that is what caused that amount of water. We investigated this last year. I stood at the bridge with you and Connie Schrandt while you took pictures and made notes.
The side with no water in the creek is at least 2 feet higher in elevation at the bottom than the side of the bridge with water. If you dig down 6 inches on the upstream side of the bridge the hole fills with water. I know because I just did it. It makes sense that in a point with a lower elevation there is standing water. This is a case of subsurface flow to surface flow. We discussed this last year. I attached some photos to document the repaired water leak and the water level in Bear Creek.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Jon Patrick
(503) 79305283
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From: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany [mailto:YELTON-Bram.Tiffany@deq.state.or.us]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 3:07 PM
To: 'Jonathan Patrick'; dhuff@cityofmolalla.com
Cc: HYNSON Mark; COLE David
Subject: RE: Complaint: leaking pipe at Molalla Wastewater plant
Hi Jonathan
I need a little more detail. By city water do you mean that is drinking water delivered to the WWTP? Or something else?
Since it is leaking, can the leak be repaired? If it is drinking water, then it contains chlorine typically at levels higher than allowed for discharge to surface water so repairing the leak is important.
Thank you!
Tiffany
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Patrick [mailto:jpatrick@cityofmolalla.com]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 2:58 PM
To: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany; dhuff@cityofmolalla.com
Cc: HYNSON Mark; COLE David
Subject: RE: Complaint: leaking pipe at Molalla Wastewater plant
That is city water.
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From: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany [mailto:YELTON-Bram.Tiffany@deq.state.or.us]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 1:26 PM
To: dhuff@cityofmolalla.com; Jonathan Patrick
Cc: HYNSON Mark; COLE David
Subject: FW: Complaint: leaking pipe at Molalla Wastewater plant
Hello
Could you please identify the pipe shown in the attached photos and let us know what the source of the water is by the end of this week? We may need to ask for follow up action. Thank you.
Tiffany Yelton Bram
Water Quality Source Control Section Manager Water Quality Program, NW Region Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
2020 SW 4th Ave., Suite 150
Portland OR 97201-4987
desk 503 229 5219
mobile 503 975 0046
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Hansen [mailto:foxglovefarm@inbox.com]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 11:23 AM
To: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany
Cc: DECONCINI Nina; HAMMOND Joni
Subject: Complaint: leaking pipe at Molalla Wastewater plant
Dear Tiffany,
Last summer I questioned why Bear Creek had water at the wastewater plant in high summer when the rest of the creek was dry. You failed to test the outfall side of the bridge last summer where there was water or to explain where the water comes from. On Saturday Aug. 16 about 5pm I went over to the bridge and took a long sequence of photos of a steady leak coming from a pipe attached to the bridge. As the photos clearly show water grows at a gap in this pipe and a stream of water forms and plops onto the concrete pad that then drains to the outfall side of Bear Creek where there is again a lot of water. Upstream a short distance away, at highway 211, Bear Creek is bone dry. I didn't send the entire photo file but if I did you would see the drop of water form into a stream and make a splash over and over on the pad every minute or so.
Please consider this a complaint about where this water is coming from and why it is draining into Bear Creek. Please test the water on the outfall side of the bridge and the leaking water, please explain why there is so much water in the creek at the wastewater plant and please explain exactly where this leaking water is coming from.
Also, could you please tell us who has jurisdiction over the water quality of Creamery Creek once it leaves Coleman Ranch? I think ODA has made you aware of the high EColi and now high nitrogen counts they found where Creamery Creek leaves Coleman Ranch. Creamery Creek then proceeds to flow in Molalla neighborhoods where kids are playing and pets live and drink.
Who is in charge of Creamery Creek water quality in Molalla - is it DEQ or another agency?
Thanks for your help with clean water for our community.
Sincerely,
Susan Hansen
Bear Creek Recovery
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