PIPELINEis published quarterly by the staff of the Oregon Public Health Division, Drinking Water Program. It is intended to provide useful information on technology, training, and regulatory and policy issues to those involved with the state's public water systems to improve the quality of drinking water in Oregon. Back issues of PIPELINE are available online in PDF format.


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, 2007
Oregon Loan Fund receives EPA's Sustainable Public Health Protection Award; Fee for sanitary survey inspections proposed; Training calendar; Meeting calendar

Summer, 2007
Drinking Water Program wins $3 million boost from Legistlature; Looking at 10 years of the Drinking Water State Revolving Find; Umpqua Basin Water Association installs membrane filtration; 2007 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey now underway; Operator certification corner; Training calendar

Spring, 2007
Polluted 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, 2007 

Drinking 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 Legistlature Report: Direct Lab Reporting, Backflow, Drinking Water Program Capacity, Public Water System Definition, Drinking water flouridation; Waterborne disease outbreak strikes Oregon camp;

Spring, 2005 
Dirnking Water Protection Issue: Source water assessments; Drinkng 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 Legistlature 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 Cerification 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 (pdf)
Program Update; Walkerton Desease 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 (pdf 155K)
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; Indentifyiing Significant Deficiencies In a Water System; Consumer Confidence Reports; Underground Injection Wells and Drinking Water Protection; Brownfields Redevelopment in Oregon

Fall, 1999
The Safe Drinking Water Act - 25 Years; Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program; Technical Assistance Circuit Riders; Continuing Education Requirements; Cross Connection Update; Training Calendar

Special Edition, 1999
1998 Report On Oregon Public Drinking Water.

Summer, 1999

What's new in safe drinking water: Consumer Confidence Reports, State Revolving Loan Fund, Operator Certification, Capacity Development, and Cross Connections.

Spring, 1999
EPA brings out two new standards - Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule and Disinfection By-Products Rule; Circuit riders hired to help you and your water system.

Winter, 1999
State Revolving Loan Fund - Letters of Interest and application for 1999 funds.

Fall, 1998
Brief introduction on Consumer Confidence Reports, 1999 Drinking Water Systems Needs Survey; updates on groundwater protection, EPA ground water rule, operator certification, backlow device tester, and cross connection inspector.

Special Edition: Water Quality Standards 98
Water quality standards for 1998. Changes, updates, and regulAtions that are coming.

Summer, 1998
Source water assessment, Determining delineation priority surveys, filtration endorsements.

Winter, 1998
1996 Annual Compliance Report

Fall/Winter, 1997
Revolving loan fund gets underway for 1998, Contact phone numbers, Changes to cross connection and backflow personnel

Summer, 1997
Safe Drinking Water Act -- a review after one year's implementation

Spring, 1997
Countdown to Corrosion control, Measuring Progress Toward Safe Drinking Water - Oregon Benchmark, "Thinking of upgrading your certification?"

May, 1997

Special Edition on the State Revolving Loan Fund and the Implementation of the 1996 Amendments to the SDWA in Oregon

Fall, 1996
Safe Drinking Water Act 1996 Amendments and their effect on Oregon, Lead/Copper Rule Corrosion Control Treatment Recommendations, Disposal of Chlorinated Water, Filtration treatment at Waldport and Idanha, cross connection update.

Spring, 1996
NRDC report on drinking water, Chemical Testing Requirements for 1996-98, Turbidity Quality Assurance Check, Well field Designation (affects sampling requirements), Information Collection Rule, Well Identification Program, cross connection Update

Fall, 1995   
How to prepare for your Aquifer Test, Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1995 (S. 1316), Cross Connection Update

Summer, 1995   
NRDC Report on US Drinking Water Released, CDC releases workshop report on waterborne cryptosporidiosis, Cryptosporidium Health Effects, Cross Connection Update

Winter, 1995   
Special Issue, Oregon Drinking Water Quality Standards including the 1986 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act

Fall, 1994
SDWA reauthorization fails to pass, EPA survey of water system needs, cross connection control, coliform monitoring waiver development

Summer, 1994
Planning Ahead to meet new standards, Construction requirements for new wells.

Spring, 1994
How to Develop a Coliform Sampling Plan

Winter, 1993-1994
Cross connection program returns to OHS, Congress debates SDWA Reauthorization, Program goals and objectives, Water/Wastewater Financing Program, Round 2 testing for lead and copper reminder.

September, 1993
Implementation of new standards in Oregon, Funding for 1993-5, Loan program funded, Phase 5 Rule Hearings Set, New Turbidity and CT Forms, Phone numbers for State and County staff.

July, 1993
Oregon Drinking Water Quality Standards - a complete reference including discussion of health effects and monitoring frequencies for microbiological and chemical contaminants, treatment technique requirements for surface water and lead/copper.

April, 1993
Disinfection Helps Bend Avoid Filtration, Asbestos in Drinking Water, Results of initial lead/copper monitoring by large systems, Phase 2 and 5 Update, Help for Small Systems from AWWA

January, 1993
Phase 2 & 5 Chemical Monitoring Guidance, Lead & Copper Rule Adopted, Wellhead Protection.

October, 1992
Initial Lead/Copper Results from Large Systems, Phase 2 Rule Amended.

July, 1992
Estimating the Cost of Groundwater Resource Loss, Drought strategies for small systems, Getting Credit for Water Testing

April, 1992
Use and Susceptibility Waivers - for reduced Phase 2 chemical monitoring

January, 1992
Utility Self-Evaluation: Emergency Preparedness, Initial VOC Monitoring Period Ends

December, 1991

Summary of Oregon Drinking Water Quality Regulations

October, 1991
Safe Drinking Water Funding Program

July, 1991
SIOC, Lead/Copper Rules will affect all, Milwaukie installs aeration towers, Sutherlin's polyphosphate system a success.