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Tooley plans to turn on the lower well on June 12th

Submitted by JohnAmery on Fri, 05/24/2024 - 1:39pm

NOTICE!!! POTENTIAL NITRATES in WATER SYSTEM starting June 12th

Tooley Water District is planning to turn on the lower well on June 12th and keep this well running through October.
This well (the lower well) has a history of fluctuating nitrates levels, often at levels far exceeding the allowed MCL (Maximum Contaminant Level).
Tooley Water District is doing this because history has shown that our only other well can not keep up with demand during summer months.

Tooley Water District members will receive door flyers on June 12th (before turning on the well) explaining more details about the risks of nitrates.

If you haven't signed up for free bottled water yet, we recommend that you do so now.

Links to 2024/2025 Budget Materials

Submitted by JohnAmery on Sun, 05/05/2024 - 1:33pm

ODHS/OREM has issued a Grant to Tooley Water District providing free bottled drinking water

Submitted by JohnAmery on Thu, 03/21/2024 - 11:34am

Oregon Department of Human Services and Oregon Resilience and Emergency Management have provided Tooley Water District with a short term grant to provide Tooley Water District members with free bottled water due to the fact that one of Tooley Water District's water sources is exceeding Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL) above the allowed level on a regular basis of Nitrates.

This Grant will allow Tooley Water District members to receive bottled water on a monthly basis at no charge.

This Grant is a gap grant to allow for safe potable water until Tooley Water District is able to develop a new potable water source.

Water is Safe to Drink

Submitted by JohnAmery on Tue, 10/24/2023 - 6:01pm

Tooley Water District turned off the lower well a few weeks ago (it was turned off on Friday 10/6 at about 10:30am). We have been operating on only the upper well since that time. Tests have been taken and results have been received confirming that Nitrates are no longer an issue.

Tooley expects to be able to operate throughout the winter months utilizing only the upper well. We do not expect to have to turn on the lower well (the well with fluctuating nitrate levels) until next summer.

When we turn on the lower well we will provide door notifications. We will also update this website.

Latest nitrate levels quite high for the lower well

Submitted by JohnAmery on Thu, 10/05/2023 - 2:07pm

The most recent nitrate test for the lower well came in at 16 (with the maximum allowed contaminant level being 10). Thus, we are still recommending not to drink the water.

We are planning to turn off the lower well soon. It will take some time for the system to fully pump out all the contaminated water.

Keep your eye on this website as we will let you know when it is safe again to drink the water. Also, we intend to have our contractor Hiland Water send out an email blast when it is safe. Please make sure Hiland Water has your current email address if you would like to receive this information.

Warning!!! High Nitrate Levels in the water

Submitted by JohnAmery on Mon, 08/14/2023 - 5:26pm

On 8/10/23 a sample was taken from the lower well and provided to the labs for analysis. That result came back today reflecting 13.2 mg/L of Nitrate in the water. 10 mg/L is considered the Maximum allowable Contaminate Level (MCL) in community drinking water systems.

Tooley Water District is planning to keep this offending well operating through the summer months. Tooley Water District's contractor has been taking Nitrate samples from this well approximately every 2 weeks, and intends to keep up with that testing pattern moving forward.

We will update this website when Tooley Water District turns this offending well off for the winter. We plan to do this in late fall when water demand is reduced.

Please see the following link to a document with more details regarding Nitrates in drinking water.
Tooley Water District's contractor (Hiland Water) will be distributing this flyer to every Tooley Water District resident tomorrow (8/15).

https://tooleywater.org/sites/default/files/TooleyReports/Tooley%20Water...

NOTICE - Turning on lower well with potential Nitrates

Submitted by JohnAmery on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 8:54am

Notice: On June 1st Tooley Water District plans to turn on the lower well. This well has been known to have fluctuating nitrate levels to levels that can make the water unsafe to drink.

We plan to leave this well operating through the summer as our only other water source can not keep up with water demand during summer months.

Tooley Water District monitors the nitrate levels of this well about every 2 weeks and will notify you if high nitrate levels are detected. However, it should be noted that there can be considerable delay between the time a test sample is taken and the time high nitrate levels are identified.

Tooley Budget Schedules and Links

Submitted by JohnAmery on Thu, 04/20/2023 - 11:48am

This thread will be updated as more information becomes available.

Budget Hearing Meeting: 6/21/23 @ 5:00pm
see https://tooleywater.org/node/534 for more information

LB1 for Budget Hearing
https://tooleywater.org/sites/default/files/TooleyReports/form-or-lb-1_5...

Budget Hearing Agenda
https://tooleywater.org/sites/default/files/TooleyReports/20230621%20-%2...

Budget Committee Meeting:
Budget Committee Meeting info - Meeting took place 5/17/23 @ 5:30pm

see https://tooleywater.org/node/532 for more information.

Notice of Budget Meeting: https://tooleywater.org/sites/default/files/TooleyReports/form-or-lb-nbc...

Budget Committee Meeting Agenda Ver 1.1 updated 5/14/23: https://tooleywater.org/sites/default/files/TooleyReports/Budget%20Commi...

Currently no nitrate issues with the water

Submitted by JohnAmery on Wed, 11/30/2022 - 7:12am

Tooley Water District has shut off the lower well (monday 11/28/22) (the well which has nitrate issues) for the winter. We do not intend to turn the lower well on until late spring (when water demand requires the additional water).

We will update this website when we turn the lower well back on.

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