October 2019
New drinking water fees; new risk and resilience assessments
required; 2020 drinking water infrastructure needs survey; plan review
reminder; operator certification corner; low-cost Funding for eligible
drinking water system improvements; water quality and compliance
information available online; congratulations to our outstanding
performers; meeting calendar; training calendar.
Salem cyanotoxin crisis: Lessons learned; Drinking Water Program fee
update; This is the last printed Pipeline!; The Eastern Oregon field
office has moved; A reminder: Setbacks to contaminants for wells; Plan
review required for major additions or modification; Low-cost funding
for eligible drinking water system improvements; Congratulations to our
outstanding performers!; Meeting calendar; Training calendar.
January 2018
Oregon's Drinking Water Program, Loss of water system pressure
requires a boil water advisory, beef up your budget with better
planning, operator certification corner, low-cost funding for drinking
water system improvements, source water assessment updates, make sure
there are no bypasses around treatment plants, outstanding performers,
meeting calendar, training calendar.
January 2017
Program update; 2016
renewal and audit: Lessons learned; Are you ready for a water
emergency?; Low-cost funding for drinking water facility improvements;
Congratulations to our Outstanding Performers!; Dave Leland retires!;
New DWS section manager; Meeting calendar; Training calendar.
August 2016
The Flint, Michigan lead
crisis, aftermath and ramifications, State agencies announce plan to
help school districts and childcare centers reduce lead in drinking
water, Ensuring proper sample site selections, Lead and copper
implications when adding a new source or treatment, Reporting
requirements under the Lead and Copper Rule, Consumer notification of
individual results, Guidance for lead and copper sample collection,
Funding available for service line replacements, Finding lead resources
on the DWS website, Fact sheet: Information for schools and childcare
facilities, Meeting Calendar, Training Calendar.
March 2016
Drinking
water fee increases take effect January 2; Thirtieth anniversary of
primacy in Oregon; Does your storage tank need maintenance?; April
showers bring... new requirements for seasonal water systems; No joke,
new rules for coliform bacteria arriving on April 1, 2016; 2016 source
water assessment updates; Congratulations to our "Outstanding
Performers"!; Meeting Calendar; Training Calendar.
October 2015
Coliform
Monitoring Changes; Is Your Water System's Coliform Sampling Plan
Up-to-Date?; Level 1 and Level 2 Coliform Investigations; New
Requirements for Seasonal Water Systems; Staff Updates; Congratulations
to our "Outstanding Performers"!; Meeting Calendar; Training Calendar
September 2015
2015 Legislature Authorizes Increased Drinking Water Fees; Allowable Continuing Education Unit Topics for Operators Expanded
May 2015Drinking
Water Fees and the 2015 Legislature; Revised Total Coliform Rule Coming
to Oregon in 2016; Staff Update; Update On Harmful Algae Blooms and
Drinking Water; Aging Infrastructure? Compliance Issues? We've Got You
Covered!; 2015 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs; Reminders On Plan
Review and Construction Standards; Meeting Calendar; Training Calendar
November 2014Program
Update; Oregon's Aging Water Treatment Facilities; Outstanding
Performers; OHA Answers to Questions; Aging Infrastructure? We've Got
You Covered; Meeting Calendar; Training Calendar.
April 2014Program
update; Rulemaking update; Ten tips to help communities hire an
engineer; Everything you need to know about written operator protocols;
Revised Total Coliform Rule: A Quick Reference Guide; Congratulations to
our "Outstanding Performers"!; Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule
and Consumer Confidence Reports; Pendleton office update; 2015 Drinking
Water Infrastructure Needs Survey; Operator Certification Corner:
Succession planning; Want help with issues pertaining to treatment plant
operations?; Reminder: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Monitoring Rule
is in effect!; Does your polymer have acrylamide or epichlorohydrin?;
Aging infrastructure? We've got you covered!; Staff updates; AWWA's new
backflow prevention YouTube videos; To be — or not to be — that is the
LEADed question...; Boosting resiliency offers short and long term
benefits; Meeting calendar; Training calendar.
October 2013
Cryptosporidiosis
outbreak in Baker City; Program update; Emergency awareness apps;
100-foot setback requirement for wells and springs; Gutter-drain style
hatches for reservoirs; Meeting calendar; Training calendar
April 2013 -
Revised from print edition
Program update; Stage 2
disinfection byproducts monitoring; Plan review update; Are my drinking
water chemicals safe?; Consumer Confidence Reports: Update on electronic
delivery; Staff updates; Congratulations to our "Outstanding
Performers"!; Calibration and care of pH meters; It's coming — no more
deadlines; Meeting calendar; Training calendar
September 2012
Program
update; Drinking Water Program Performance Survey; Loss of water system
pressure requires boil water advisory; Congratulations to our
outstanding performers; Fall 2012 advanced small water system training
courses; Shutdown tips; Meeting calendar; Training calendar
April 2012
Program
update; Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule; Congratulations to our
outstanding performers; Operator Certification Corner; It's coming! mark
your calendars!; Advanced small water system training course rides
again in 2012; Start-up tips for seasonal groundwater systems; Handy
tips for lead and copper sampling!; Meeting calendar; Training calendar
Summer 2011
Program
update; Reminder: 2011 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey is
now under way; Congratulations to our outstanding performers; Staff
updates; Drinking Water Program organizational chart; Meeting calendar;
Training calendar
Spring 2011
Oregon
Public Health and the Department of Justice work to bring safe water to
a Lincoln County public water system; Program update; Congratulations
to our outstanding performers; Resources for cyanobacteria and drinking
water; What is your certification number?; Surface water systems - Do
you need a tracer study?; New! Advanced Small Water System Training
Course 201; It's coming! Mark your calendars! (2011 State Revolving Loan
Fund Letter of Interest); Meeting calendar; Training calendar
Winter 2011
Program
update; 2011 Drinking water infrastructure needs survey;
Congratulations to our outstanding performers!; ITT publishes findings
from value of water survey; O&M manuals - What's in it for me?;
Update on monthly source assessment sampling under the Ground Water Rule
(GWR); The three pillars of an asset management program; Staff updates;
Meeting calendar; Training calendar
Fall 2010
Program
update; Congratulations to our Outstanding Performers; Drinking Water
Program actively enforces safe drinking water requirements; Know your
system score; Operator Certification Corner; Triggered Monitoring under
the Ground Water Rule; Annual source sampling reminder; DEQ report looks
at sediment impacts on public water systems in coast range; Calendar
Summer 2010
Program
update; Is your system an Outstanding Performer? It's coming: the fall
2010 Letter of Interest (LOI); Staff updates; The City of Creswell:
Meeting the challenges of growth; EPA Fact Sheet; Ground Water Rule
sampling; Calendar
Spring 2010
Drinking
Water Revolving Loan Fund awards top $200 million; New water treatment
plant in Sweet Home; What is the point of it all? Questions about the
new ground water rule; New requirement for groundwater systems; Operator
certification corner; Staff updates; Calendar
Winter 2010
Oregon's
public drinking water sources; Drinking water emergency; Staff updates;
Labeling coliform sample locations; Sending your public notice to the
state; Preparing for the flu; Updating the coliform reporting form;
Operator certification corner; Calendar; DWP organizational chart
Fall 2009
Special
edition: Implementing the newest EPA drinking water rules in Oregon;
Implementation of the Ground Water Rule in Oregon; Significant
deficiencies: What's new for GW systems; Assessment monitoring of
groundwater sources is expected to begin in 2010; Implementing Stage 2
compliance monitoring plans; Groundwater systems can be outstanding
performers, too!; The Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
(LT2)
Summer 2009
Recap
of the 2009 Legislature; Best management practices for service outages;
Third Annual ORWARN Conference will take place October 14-16; Updates
to the coliform sampling plan template for small systems: Incorporating
the provisions of the Ground Water Rule; Why Clorox®?; Operator
certification corner: OESAC Web site look is NEW; New small system
vulnerability assessment and emergency response plan tool available;
Meeting calendar; Training calendar
Spring 2009
Governor
announces $27.8 million in federal stimulus awards; Operator
certification corner; Introducing electronic reporting of water quality
data; Meeting calendar; Training calendar
Winter 2009
Program
update; OAWU to deliver small water system operator training; Get ready
for the Ground Water Rule; Mercury in pumps: Addressing the risk of
contamination; Renewing backflow tester and specialist certifications
for 2009-11; Attention Lane County public water systems; Operator
certification corner; Meeting calendar; Training calendar
Fall 2008
Program
update; Best management practices for water main repairs; Drinking
Water Program organizational chart; Drinking Water Program Advisory
Committee; Drinking Water Program technical service regions; Operator
certification corner; Staff updates; Meeting calendar; Training calendar
Summer 2008
Risk
communication; Outstanding performance designation of public water
systems; Consumer Confidence Reports (CCR); Contact change for circuit
rider; Cross Connection/Backflow Prevention; Conventional and direct
filtration; Emergency management achievements honored; Operator
certification corner; Meeting calendar; Training calendar
Spring 2008
New
rules in effect; Filling out lab sample sheets - correctly!; Complying
with EPA rules; Staff updates; Surface water systems - Are you
calculating CT's correctly?; West Slope Water receives Excellence Award;
Oregon utilities receive CCR awards; Enforcing 2008 seasonal window for
lead and copper and disinfection byproducts sampling; Meeting calendar;
Training calendar
Winter 2008
December
2007 storm puts emergency preparedness to the test; Oversight of very
small Non-EPA public water systems begin; Interested in the weather?;
Consumer confidence reports (New lead reporting requirements for 2008
CCR); Source water protection coming to a county near you; Drinking
water protection bulletins; Welcome new staff; Operator certification
corner; Consumer confidence reporting and drinking water implementation
program; Training calendar
Fall 2007Oregon Loan Fund receives
EPA's Sustainable Public Health Protection Award; Fee for sanitary
survey inspections proposed; Training calendar; Meeting calendar
Summer 2007Drinking Water Program wins $3
million boost from Legislature; Looking at 10 years of the Drinking
Water State Revolving Fund; Umpqua Basin Water Association installs
membrane filtration; 2007 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey now
underway; Operator certification corner; Training calendar
Spring 2007Polluted
drinking water is public's top environmental concern; Statewide
water/wastewater Mutual Aid Agreement (ORWARN); Flying in to discuss
drinking water; The Oregon Drinking Water Advisory Committee; 2006
Consumer confidence report; Operator certification corner; Oregon's
drinking water operator certification workforce survey; Training
calendar
Winter 2007Drinking
water initiatives advance in the 2007 Legislature; New EPA rules;
Radiological sampling due; Staff updates; Training calendar
Fall 2006
Oregon Drinking Water Quality Standards; Current Standards; Future Standards
Summer 2006
2007
Drinking water budget proposal; Drinking water emergency; Consumer
confidence reports made simple; Water Contaminant Information Tool
(WCIT); Stage 2 and LT2 webcasts; New Operator Certification Program
coordinator; Annual operator certification; John Potts retires; Training
calendar
Spring 2006
Direct
lab reporting is underway; Kari Salis receives AWWA award;
Certifications; Measure and record chlorine residual; Drinking water
revolving fund; Drinking water certified laboratories: Direct Lab
Reporting Procedure effective April 1, 2006; Enforcement of drinking
water regulations; Notice of violations and administrative orders;
Groundwater under surface water influence determinations: Non-community
water systems; Training calendar
Winter 2006
20
Years of primacy in Oregon; Drinking water rules adopted; Consumer
confidence reports; Drinking Water Program employees - past and present;
Training calendar
Fall 2005
Revised
arsenic standard; EPA announces new rules; Got a drinking water
emergency?; Monitoring reductions for disinfection byproducts testing;
Cross Connection/Backflow Prevention Program returns to Drinking Water
Program; Dennis Nelson receives Groundwater Foundation's Government
Service Award; Consumer pollution: Pharmaceuticals and personal care
products; Training calendar
Summer 2005
DHS
proposes new drinking water rules; 2005 Legislature Report: Direct Lab
Reporting, Backflow, Drinking Water Program Capacity, Public Water
System Definition, Drinking water fluoridation; Waterborne disease
outbreak strikes Oregon camp;
Spring 2005
Drinking
Water Protection Issue: Source water assessments; Drinking Water
Protection Area (DWPA); Learning and Source Water Assessments; Drinking
water protection strategies; Getting the public involved; Land use
planning; Source water assessments - implementation
Winter 2005
2005
Legislature Is Underway; Oregon Water Systems Benefit From $100 Million
Loan Fund; Accredited Laboratories and EPA Approved Methods; Cross
Connection Program; Top2Bottom - Drinking Water Program Restructuring;
Perchlorates: A New Look at an Old Chemical; EPA to Strengthen
Protection From Lead in Drinking Water; Monitoring and Reporting
Requirements Reminder; 30th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act;
Training Calendar
Fall 2004
Oregon Drinking Water Quality Standards; Current Standards; Future Standards
Summer 2004
2003
Report on Oregon public drinking water; Oregon Environmental Laboratory
Accreditation Program; Drinking Water Program staffing changes;
Coliform sampling plans; Security vulnerability assessment deadlines;
Requirements for plan submission and review — Drinking Water Program;
Creating a water system operations manual; Water Operator Renewals
Spring 2004
The
Task Force on Drinking Water Program Workload and Funding; New
Disinfection By-products Requirements Now Apply!; Small Groundwater
Operator Certification; Operator Certification Corner; Cyanobacteria: An
Emerging Problem for Drinking Water Systems; Opportunity for Public
Review and Comment; Drinking Water Program Staffing Changes
Winter 2004
Consumer
Confidence Reports (CCR); Backflow Program Continues; Operator
Certification Corner; Nitrate Testing; City of Pendleton's New Membrane
Filtration Plant
Fall 2003
Small
Groundwater Operator Certification; Security Advisory System – are you a
partner?; Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Stage 2
Disinfection By-products Rule; Manzanita and Wheeler; Heceta Water
District; Radionuclide Contaminants
Summer 2003 Special Edition
2003 Report on Oregon's Public Drinking Water; 2003 Annual Compliance Report
Spring 2003
Drinking
Water Program Outlook, 2003-05; HB 2255-Task Force On Drinking Water
Program Workload and Funding; Program Priorities; Drinking Water
Advisory Committee Roster; Surface Water Filtration Regulatory Update;
Eugene Water & Electric Board Photos; Arsenic Treatment Project;
Safe Drinking Water Revolving Fund Update; CCRiWriter
Winter 2003
New
Membrane Plant; Rural Community Assistance Corporation; Safe Drinking
Water Revolving Loan Fund; Disinfection Byproducts; Operator
Certification; Drinking Water Rules; Consumer Confidence Reports; EPA
Enforcements; Training Calendar
Winter, 2002
Program
Update; SDWIS-State Update; Funding Security Projects; Emergency
Response Plans; Sheldon Ridge Fire; Sumpter; Labs Getting Certified
Under ORELAP; New Radionuclides Rule; Certified Operators
Fall 2002 Special Edition
Oregon Drinking Water Quality Standards--Current Standards; Future Standards
Summer 2002 Special Edition
2001 Report on Oregon's Drinking Water; 2001 Annual Compliance Report
Spring 2002
Program
Update; Walkerton Disease Outbreak; New Membrane Filter for Youngs
River Lewis and Clark WD; Safe Drinking Water Information System
(SDWIS-State); HOW TO FILL OUT A LAB SLIP
Winter 2002
Accomplishments;
Consumer Confidence Reports; New Arsenic Rule; Chemical Monitoring
Waivers; Radionuclides Rule; City of Talent; Rules On CD; Southern
Oregon Office
Fall 2001
Program
Update; Certifying Operators of Small Systems--Getting Started;
Infrastructure Security; Availability of SRF Funds for Drinking Water
Protection; Source Water Assessment/Drinking Water Protection Highlights
Fall 2001 Special Edition
Oregon Drinking Water Quality Standards--Current and Future
Summer 2001 Special Edition
2000 Report on Oregon's Drinking Water; 2000 Annual Compliance Report
Summer 2001
Revolving
Loan Fund Projects; Chemical Sampling Reminders; Technical Assistance
Provider; Rules on CD (Correction! Phone number to order is:
503-731-4899); EPA Issues order; Drought/Drought Questionnaire; SOC/VOC
Testing Frequency Chart; Training Calendar
Spring 2001
MTBE;
Monitoring Schedules; Regulatory Update; Microbial & Disinfection
Byproducts Regulation; Scholarship Money for Cross Connection Training;
Year 2000 Accomplishments; Turbidity Treatment Technique Requirements
Winter 2001
Revisiting
Coliform Bacteria; The Coliform Rule; Public Notification Regulations;
Resolved Total Coliform Templates, Barriers to Microbial Contamination:
The Walkerton Outbreak
Summer 2000
Enforcement; Revolving Loan Fund; Safe Drinking Water Act Time Line; Program Priorities; Powell Valley Road Water District
Summer 2000 Special Edition
1999
Report on Oregon's Public Drinking Water; 1999 Annual Compliance
Report; Drinking Water Progress Measures; Summary Compliance Data;
Oregon Violation Summary
Spring 2000 Special Edition
Oregon
Drinking Water Quality Standards: Broad overview of current and future
drinking water quality standards which public water systems in Oregon
must meet through the year 2005; Current Standards ; Future Standards.
Spring 2000
New
Online Data Query site; Program Update; Contact Phone Numbers; Cross
Connection Update; Groundwater Rule Proposed; Pendleton WTP & ASR
Project; Protocols Required For Continuous Turbidity Monitoring
Winter 2000
Drink
Water Program Update; MTBE; Arsenic; Radon Rule; Rural Infrastructure
Conference; Identifying Significant Deficiencies In a Water System;
Consumer Confidence Reports; Underground Injection Wells and Drinking
Water Protection; Brownfields Redevelopment in Oregon