In a Columbian article (January 11, 2004, ‘Rosemere faces off with City Monday’), it says of Victor Erlich (Vancouver City Engineer), “Erlich said Rosemere’s reasoning in applying for the grant based on septic failure ‘is a mystery to us.’ We don’t find any evidence to support the claim that there are environmental health problems stemming from failing septic systems in the neighborhood.” If the City hasn’t found any problems, its because they haven’t been looking!
Posts under ‘Burnt Bridge Creek’
Burnt Bridge Creek Poem – 1977
I
am
Burnt
Bridge
Creek.
I wander
through
eight miles
of Clark County
starting in the east and
carrying silt and water,
Rosemere Neighborhood Association Water Walk – December 7, 2003
(RNA Board Members, Rosemere residents, and concerned environmental activists gather in the rain to hear Thom McConathy explain the terrain and our community’s failing stormwater and groundwater facilities.)
On December 7, 2003, the RNA Board, accompanied by environmental activists, toured the Burnt Bridge Creek Basin and Vancouver Lake to learn more about the contamination of our waterways. This tour was lead by Thom McConathy, a very active community steward who has passionately fought to save our ground and surface waterbodies for more than 20 years. Mr. McConathy is among our community’s most knowledgeable experts on the subjects of water quality and contamination, and he has been instrumental in helping the RNA address the contamination of Burnt Bridge Creek and Vancouver Lake, as discussed in the RNA’s federal Title 6 complaint.
BURNT BRIDGE CREEK IN THE NEWS! – September 19, 2003
Friday, September 19, 2003: Vancouver Water Contamination: “Contamination of a public water supply by human fecal matter would appear to be a problem demanding immediate government action. But a neighborhood association in Vancouver, Washington is discovering that cleaning up their water is a complicated challenge, one that requires the deft application of political pressure, and [...]
LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THE RNA’S EFFORTS FROM AREA LEADERS – September 2003
State of Washington
Office of the Governor
September 29, 2003
I am pleased to endorse The Rosemere Neighborhood Association’s grant proposal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fund a collaborative process to address the contamination of the Burnt Bridge Creek area.
Minutes For Meeting With Vancouver City Officials on Burnt Bridge Creek Pollution Problems – July 24, 2003
July 24, 2003
4 – 6 PM
Present: Brian Carlson, City of Vancouver Environmental Services
Victor Ehrlich, City of Vancouver Environmental Services
Brent Boger, City of Vancouver Attorney
Lou Dooley, Clark County Health Department
Randy Phillips, Clark County Health Department
Monica Kirk, EPA
Iloba Odum, Department of Ecology
Dave Howard, Department of Ecology
Discussion:
* This meeting was requested by EPA and Ecology to better understand a complaint from the Rosemere Neighborhood Association about possible septic tank pollution impacting Burnt Bridge Creek.
CONTAMINATION OF BURNT BRIDGE CREEK AND VANCOUVER LAKE HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS
The Rosemere Neighborhood Association acquired a number of official reports from Clark County Health Department that pertain specifically to Burnt Bridge Creek. Within one report it states that the city cannot enforce actions to eliminate septic systems unless the Health Department declares a health emergency. This cannot happen until a current water quality test is performed to quantify the allegation that the creek is contaminated with human waste from septic systems, and that the contamination is 25 times the state warning levels.
RNA UNCOVERS MISSING TEST RESULTS FOR CONTAMINATION OF BURNT BRIDGE CREEK DUE TO FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEMS – 2003
The Rosemere Neighborhood Association, through a Freedom of Information Act request, has obtained a copy of a test called http://www.rosemerena.org/home/wp-admin/edit-tags.php”Burnt Bridge Creek Microbial Source Tracking; Identification of Sources of Microbial Pollution in Burnt Bridge Creek Watershed,” dated October 1999. The RNA obtained a copy of this report through the Freedom of Information Act.
