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09/26/2001 - Packet • Intergovernmental Water Board.Meeting Servin:. Ti:ard, Kin: Cit , Durham and Unincorsorated Area ^ , n � m r � , Wednesday, September 26, 2001 5:30 p.m,. 1. Call to Order/Roll Call and Introductions Motion to call meeting to order, staff to take roll call • 2. Approval of Minutes—August 22, 2001 Motion from Board for minute approval 3. Long Term Water Update—Ed Wegner(10 minutes) a. JWC—IWRM b. Regional Drinking Water Supply Initiative 4. Utility Manager Report—Dennis Koellermeier(15 minutes) • a. Summer supply=Rich Sattler b. Summer Conservation—Sara Danz 5. Water Service Line Maintenance Program—Ed Wegner Information from Regional Water Providers Consortium Board Meeting 9-5-01 (attached) r• • 6. Informational Items Items will be discussed briefly if time allows—otherwise printed info will be.distributed • Oregonian article August 28, 200.1 "Bull Run experiment aims to help fish habitat" 7. Public.Comments Call for any comments from public • 8. Non Agenda Items Call for any non-agenda items from Board Members. Next meeting date October 10, 2001 at Water Auditorium 9. Adjournment—Approximate time 7:00 p.m. • Motion for adjournment • Light dinner will be served at 5:15 p.m. Executive Session: The Intergovernmental Water Board may go into Executive Session under the provisions of ORS 192.660(I) (d), (e), 1)& (h) to discuss labor relations, real property transactions, current and pending litigation issues and • to consider records that are exempt by law from public inspection. All discussions within this'session;are confidential; • 04' therefore nothing from this meeting maybe disclosed by those present. Representatives of the news media are allowed to attend this session, but must not disclose:any information discussed during this session. Page 1 of 1 It's that time of year again there is a noticeable yellowish-brownish tinge to the water from the Bull Run because of the seasonal drawdown of the • Bull Run reservoirs. Water has been setting in the reservoirs all summer now and it tends to leach some color from the bottom sediments and the water that doesflow into the reservoirs runs through sediments exposed during the drawdown. • This happens about every year at this time, and this year is no exception. We anticipate this condition will coritinue for the next month or so - until refill begins; which is currently forecasted to be sometime in mid- to late-October. We will continue to adjust reservoir operations to minimize the impact of the color. The good news is that this is only an aesthetic issue inasmuch as the water continues to meet all applicable standards for safety. 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X70, . • .r,-„..'s'r� �.r ,�' a • w. ;+reax.$�s ”' _rl" e h r „r ft.a y . . 1Sh habitat I i `•f 1"' 1 � . t t'ysv�,'rets�.�t e���' = I V / �� • 0 4 4- �lf:`y }a'M tom`. �! vt A<{k .11kr �✓:/ Y;;":'-'..,;,,..4, . 47;s•4 / > "K' t �1.,� 1.et v ......17Z--- S A f • ....The city of Portlanl1.s test flows -y .rt,.y-ile a� r /ice rf :ie , , r of millions of gallons ofClli111111g `t°'� r, , .s �• -.f,;-....-.•'' t rr + `4. - `"'+c — — ., ., s� r • water into lite river are part of a <,,S-y; zti-` /Ii ,' - - '--- 1 W --------- 3-yea r regional effort 'y,,�[ v t ?�_"` - ... • Si— •, N1- ByCOURTENAYTHOMPSON �-v ° �� +tsd"%�,, } r h r�'�'• _p„ �'- j t �N �� THE ORF:GO\IAN Yom' `,'��,�',�• + s r r":e"/�. 'L�©'.. S}.$ :f;+.. � Most days,turn on a water tap in the7,...,-,c,-,1.-4.."..s1,-.1-V-..„0.7-" F a'; F '. ../-::;•••E'r 2 ,' i'' Portland area and out flows Bull Run 45 ' air '°' " :r .", r z water,unfiltered mountain rain that has ` ' , T4�� J fi#br ,• 's just completed a 35-mile pipe ride from �•r,,,� ., ✓ .w47P-1 s 1` "enuu�'_0 0' • two Douglas fir-lined reservoirs on the v• 3� � ,.� ,•• '' }t � slopes of Mount Hood. �,,. , 7 ` ,i's �r �.. More than 800,000 people,a,quarter f ya `. a w 4',,,-/4,1, lar of Oregon's population, use Bull Run srOJ, �e '-•_r w - ,, water,drinking the lower Bull Run River t � � °• , h1: - c,n,��; " nearlyrd each summer. s -r-r y/,}s : But during the past few years, the- Portland Water Bureau has started put- ring millions of gallons of drinking water Steve Kucas, back into the lower Bulf Run in an"exper- BULL RUN WATER SYSTEM senior fish mental effort help threatened salmon Portland has.tapped the.BullRun for drinking water since the 19th century.but city reservoirs have blocked fish biologist for t and steelhead. passage and destroyed habitat:The city is now looking for'ways to help fish while preserving the region's high;quality Portland'Watr The test flows are part of.a:3-year-old water supply. Bureau, regional effort,initiated by Portland City Co,, t.=SHINGTON downloads da • Commissioner Erik Sten and the Water m�`'%-e Three pipes feed .;;.-1. from a device • Bureau, to come upwith a cooperative Water service area' Water service,area •- Buershell Run that measure PWatershed plan to restore'fist' runs in the entire sa•...:.-...._. :.- temperature • Sandy River Basin.The hoped-for result R` nRwer the lower Bul % includes a habitat conservation plan for a PR�Reservoir t Run River.Th Portland that will pass muster with fed- ry """ city uses the eral regulators and will ensure the cityOREGON, -- Reservoir 2 • data to moni complies'with both the Endangered Spe- z. Mount ruaratin Ryer �: •tittle sandy water:Aea' r:. how well se! cies Act and the Clean Water Act. Clackamas River Hood flow release "Three years ago I said what we can sandyaf:River s • g —�J Sandy Basin cool the wat do in the Bull Run isnot enough,"said lov+reieases:t0 netp'Rdti_�-.���; •saw✓ µe for salmon a: • The Portland Water Bureau is testing a,;; Area of. ,f • steelhead. Sten, who oversees the Water Bureau p and the cirj s endangered species effort • , flow,releases.into theaowet,Bull Run testing a :. He thinks the-city can restore fish to the River, city'dams to help,federally �� ' Reservoir 2 :_ basin at the same time it protects and hstedsalmon and steelhead:,But city Bosryn - S' __ANCE,,c officials hope to find a solution in the tGne [jtnesantlyaver oaEce, •, t • even expands the Bull Run reservoir sys- lar er•Santl River Basin,with • tern.For example.Sten says a third reser- ci V Diversion Little . measures including habitat restoration Flume" Sandy r Marmot voir could provide more water for people and the'emokal of the LittleSandy Bull,Run Dam Dam . • and fish. and Marmot dams and diversion flume. Powerhouse 4 F,s .. Please see BULL RUN,Page.Al r-ec-w_•irDDE is ovEGONIAN+ • • r. 3- 04_,/ UV . �: f ,er 46 c \ III J 'a--- J 1 Run: Candy River basin holds promise for fish Continued from Page One we need to know the same infor- delayed removal to beyond thePhis data will be added [o a grin to target money to tire mos ' ration they need to know to conn end of PGE's federal hydropower model that is being compiled for-. '•v'otthy projects,said Meyer of the "Last century we mined the en- plY with ESA" license.which expires in 2004.But the whole basin.By this winter,city fisheries service. vironment to get what we needed," If the fisheries agency ultimatelySten and others say the delay in and federal officials hope to have a, Despite the habitat c tion Sten said."Novy we're trying to re- signs off on the ey ide din removal has not slowed the list of prioritized projects through and dams,Russ Plaeger,�shed city'smassive task of coin ilin scientific sore the environment and still get plan, it might take some pressure data on the healdnpof all stream out the basin that hold the best coordinator for the Sandy River Ba- what we need.This might be one off expensive fixes in Bull Run that reaches in the basin. promise for restoringafish nuns. silt Watershed Council, said the of the first places where we can city officials say may yield only Sandystill has great potential. Thatprocess is nearin coin le- Other sites may Ge betterl show it can be done." small returns for fish. g . P tion and includes Portland's test The Sandy flows into the Co- Conservadonists saythe Sandy "They Rosemary ,Nlenard, director of have a selfish interest,but releases on the lower Bull Run. lumhia below the Columbia River water resources management for River basin holds great promise for that's OK if it leads to a happy end- dams, which wreak havoc yvim restoring fish runs.And Portland's log for everybody,"said Gary Ben- vv4die[he Water Bureau, saysior fish tgine sst lome ofe rthe bestand toppoitunities sayser Bureau, c fish.It also lacks the intensive,pol- efforts in the Sandy River Basin son,legislative director for the As- luting agricultural and industrial Agreement draw praise from the sociation df Northwest Steelhead- cit is vying to determine how restore fish may not end up being uses that line rivers such as the city5 federal and regional partners, err and member of the Sand iv- much water to release on a'da'daily on the Bull Run.She said the city s Willamette.In addition,the federal Y y basis to keep stream temperatures reservoirs have not only flooded including the National Marine ere Basin policy group.'1 think the at a fish-friendly 64 degrees.Tenn- 'the best spawning habitat,but they government owns and protects Fisheries Service, which has goal is to maintain a good viable much of the watershed.Earlier this authority over the threatened chi- supply of water to the city and re- 1?erasures on the 6-mile stretch'of also block all fish passage. month,President Bush signed into river-below thecity s two reservoirs nook'and steelhead in the basin. store fish inns. I think that can can jump into the low 70s o_n hot In addition; she says the lower law a bill that protects 2,890 acres The fish were federally protected in happen." summerdays. Bull Run turns east-west,exposing in the Little Sandy watershed and 1998. A centerpiece of the.effort was a the river to the full summer stun. adds it to Portland's 95,382-acre rPThe Water Bureau did its first water supply s stem. "You can bring more players deal brokered nvo years.ago be- test release of water—a small six- "The lower part of the river is } into the field and do things un a tweenthe city,PGE,the governor's• day spill—in September 1997.It not great fish habitat, and never Plaeger said ultimately it will much broader scale," said Ben office and the fisheries.service to has gradually increased the re- 'was,"Menard said. take everyone in the watershed to Meyer, team leader of the lower have PGE remove the Marmot leases,with'the amount growing to She said it makes more sense to save fish. Columbia-Willamette area in the Dam on the Sandy River and the 1.9 billion gallons last year. Little SandyDarn on the Little target dollars to where it will bring "The water that enters the Co- habitat service. "That's Sion of On average, the city spills'from the most benefit to fish. lumhia at Troutdale is influenced fisheries service."'I1iat's where die Sandy,a tributary of the Bull Run. 10 to 20 million •allons a da from city is pushing the buttons on the g Y Federal and cityofficials sayby everything that goes up upriver. • Dam removal held up a pipe below Reservoir 2. In con- from the national forest, to who„ Sandy River Basin Agreement, tovast,water customers consume an many of the biggest needs are in get all the players to sit down and Removing the dams would open average 67 million gallons a day. ' the lower Sandy River Basin,where andlpvvtnereI dovvt}neytldispose ole r tfpthin, see what is best for fish." up 22 miles of fish habitat and stop farms, housing and other urban motor oil.It's rine whole annn." the diversion of some of those riv- far this summer,the city has development have lead to highg derful leadership," aid L toa"They have Norris,won- err waters oro the Bull Run,which spilledanoth7601 billion t million gallons, so 1.6 billioh stream temperatures. • some critics say confuses fish seek- natural resources staff officer, for rig to return to spawning grounds- gallons expected lobe released be- Once the list of projects is corn- You can reach Courtenay Thom!)- . in,'Hood National Forest, fore 'fall rains begin. Monitors piled, then others in the basin— son at 503294-5988 or b',,.-mai. ,.Vhicli owns most of the Bull Run Lack of funding and controversy along die lower Bill Run record from private property Owners to at courtenaythomp.conC=weus.orr watershed. "Front our standpoint, over removal methods have now temperatures every 30 minutes. federal landholders—can also be- goniat.com. fl .I • • • • ,• 7