in! oration Report 9
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Newport Cit7 Sewer Outfall Observations
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In
..l llIOntbJI
Newport residents
:reeidlll'l1:.a have
have ciaplained
llClapla1nlld about
..bout
In the
the pa.t
past .ev~
several
sths Newport
~r.
onRye
lye Beach1
hach, adjacent
adj..cent to
to the
the Newport
Newport sewer
_er and
and Ottor-au
$ors on
Georgia Paeinc
Pacific
Outlalli.
that the
the odor
odor results
.re8111t1i from
f1'Olll sewage,
.ewase, others
other.
outfafls. 8e'fer..l
Several Croupa
groups contend
ceMeod that
Mint"in
that .tt
1t 11.
1I111o' e w
..te _briale.
cU,
maintain that
is Georr;ia
Georgia P..
Pacific's
Waste
materials, '1'he
the lltwpo:tt
Newport city
e~in.er baa
batruetlJd to investigate
inneUcat. the problem.
prohle.. II teel
that it
it ii
1.
engineer
has bten
been instructed
f..1 that
cur
our duty
duty at
at thi.
this t:\.me
time to
to :report
report on
on obaenat1ona
observations that
that we
we bave
have JU4e
made in
in
oonnection with
with this
thb problem
pl'Ilbl...
connection
14fl
WhUe Mking 8001o,;ioal
etudiea at
.everal stations
Itationa in
ecological studies
at several
in the
the vicinity
vicinity
ot the
__I' outtaU
bad occasion
OCIOaa1.on to
to raalc:_ the
the foflowing
toll<JW1ng observations,
ob..rrationa.
of
the sewer
outfall VII
w had
Dunng the
the summer
_ 1 ' ot
..t1.ona of
Qf the
11
During
of 19.57.
1957, 99 ob..n
obsertatins
the &:rea
area w.re
were Md.
made and
aM Li
observations in
obeerv..tiona
in 1958.
19.58. On 3 oecaaiona
1958 it
it vat
occasions in 1957
195? and twio.
twice in 1958
was
found
nd lmler
,
found .that
that the
the ll1d-be..ch
aid-beach ..
and
lower tide
tide le"ele
levels wer.
were littered
littered with
with huan
human
sewage. On ooo••lona
aewaa"
tM. was
vas so
lSO bad
bad that
tbat it
it served
•• ned as
as a.. deterrent
det.rrent to.
to ~
occasions this
ofl
work0 trow..,er,
work.
flowner, thl.
this prob18ll
problem 11
is only
only intenUtant,
intermittent0 apparllflt1:r
apparently relat.d
related to'
to
wind
wind and
and tidal
tidal currents
CUt"l'ent.. Although,
AlthOuch, on
em occasions
ocO..eions our
our stomachs
IItOMaha were
were somewhat
aomewhat
queally,
MOl' was
ftlll aa minor
lIinorp:roblem.
problllllll. On
On the
the 1ter,y
upp.r beach
beaob limits
11llits a...tron,;
queasy, odor
very upper
strong
odor resembling
resemhling hydrogen
~roli.n sulfide
hlfide was
waa noted
not.d on
on occasions.
ooo..sione. It
odor
It vaa
was believed
believed
that
frOll aept&c
II&PUC tank.
that this
this vu
was oaused
caused bTHv&lI:eoverflow1.ng
by sewage overflowtn
oyerflowtn from
septic
tanks of
of IllOt&ll1
wotets and.
and
bOIl..
bove. the
homes lont.d
located direotlT
directi ..
above,
the beaCh.
beach.
On'
L?
Of great importanoethan odor ill the probl.1lI of bhlth
eetheUc
lu....
In the an.. of tbe· outfall ..
in f ..ir abundance, tour .hellf1eb
.peoie. that can
und tor food it tbeT "1'. not expo.ed to eewaglt. Th.t
Ill' importance than odor i the problem of health and
Of greater
and esthetic
In the area of the outtall we have in fair abundance four shellfish
species that can be used for food if they are not exposed to sewage. th.
are; (1)
(Pholadid.i,
penita) alao
also known
del
(1) rock-boring
rock-bori.n/l clams
01.... (Pholadidej,
(Pholad1.d., penh.ta)
known all piddocks
PiddOC.kIl or reek
rotk
o;Yll'terlll
....
-II1II. . .l. (Rj'tilus
(Mttll,tIJ californianus)
califont
. nue) I (3)
() litilllneok
01u..
oysters i (2)
(2) sea-mussel,
sea-mussel,
(R,tilus
californianus)
littleneeb clams
(Protothac...
ll8d butter
but"r
cl....
and, (4)
(4) Dungenees
Duncen...
crab.
(Protothaca etu1.nea)
(Protothaca
stasinea)
stasinea)aleo
also
alsoc..sUed
sUed
butter clan;
clan;1and,
and,
(4)
Dungeneescrabs
cnbs
(Cancer ~eter).
magifler),
magifler), Th.
(Canoer
efteet of
of sewage
ll. . . .e "Pon
crabe is
1e unknown,
unknown, 1'1_""1',
til.
The effect
upon crabs
however, the
oth.r
n~. are
ar. filter
filter feeders
feeder. and
and it
it is
i. pOllllihie
tbeae animals
..Ala..le could
could
other ..
animals
possible that these
aool1lllulate
pathoaenioorganllll.
trOll 1*man
h1lIIan sewage..
.nage. It
eet..bU.hed .
accumulate pathogenic
.organisas from
It bLa well
nfl established
that these
tbeee ..animals
rdllial$c..n
oc_late i.
0011. Whenever
WhenllVllr asked
...ked about
about utilisation
utlllll..Uon
that
can ..accumulate
B coil.
of the••
anitlialll for
tor toad,
tood, I1 find
tind It
!i necessary.
neoell...r,y toreooamend
these animals
to recommend that
that they
they be
be
avoided in the Rye
area.
.."o:l.d.d
lfyll Beach
Beaehu...
values,
....
fl
liany pIlople
thering s'tarneh
)Iany
people like
hit, to
to Wl.mUIl'
wander throuch
through the
the reef'
reef ar...,
areas, g..
gathering
starfish
rèjflad
forms ot
of ..
marine
life.
and observing
obee:tvi~ the
the rèjriad
Jllarr1.ad t01'lll'
rine life,
lite. Oert..
inly, the
the ocCurrenCe
oocurrence
Certainly,
of
rav sewage
eewag. doei
does not
not enhance
enhanoe this
thie form
ton of
ot beach
be..ch utilization.
utUi&aUon.
of raw
It
.eem to
llOllIe other
ot sewage
linage
It would seem
to thb
this innet.1.gat.1on
investigation that
that som,
other ,"thad
method of
dbpollal
dlle1rable froc
trOll aa health,
health, shellfish,
.h.l1fi.h, utilisation.
utili...tion, and
disposal vouldbe
would be 1II08t
most desirable
.. ellthetic
elf v1lJw.
esthetic point
point of
view.
C• Dale
Dale Snow
Snow
C,
C.
Or8g08
Flah Commission
CO$\lIieeion
Oregon fish
Sh.llti.h
Inve.t:l.liation8
Shellfish Investigations
J..
nuar;y 19,
19, 1960
1960
January
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