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Coos Bay water quality team describes storm response, urges ‘no wipes’ message
Summary
Water Quality Division staff described multi-day emergency operations during a May storm, highlighted equipment and staffing improvements, and urged residents to stop flushing wipes and grease to protect sewer systems and Coos Bay.
Risha, a member of the Coos Bay Water Quality Division, told the city council and URA that staff worked around the clock during a heavy May storm to keep treated effluent within regulatory limits and protect Coos Bay.
The presentation outlined a sequence of pump failures and high-flow alarms that required operators and maintenance staff to manually open gates, reduce pumping to protect digesters and deploy a mobile pump. Risha said Plant 1 received 10–14 million gallons of flow during the event and that operators repeatedly changed filters and removed nonflushable material from screens to maintain disinfection.
The update gave council members…
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