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RNA opposes City’s SEPA application on the proposed Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway project – February 5, 2004

March 24, 2009 Author: admin

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To: Jon Wagner, Development Review Services

From: Rosemere Neighborhood Association

Re: Application: Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway PRJ2003-01122 which includes the following:

ARC2003-00025, CON2003-00087, ENG2003-00164, FLP2003-00003, GEO2003-00002, GRD2003-00088, PSR2003-00044, SEP2003-00058, SHL2003-00005, TRE2003-00195 and WET2003-00006

These comments on the project have been sent prior to the cutoff date of Monday, February 9, 2004, and are to be incorporated into the staff report.

This correspondence serves as written notice that the officers and board of the Rosemere Neighborhood Association oppose this proposed project, and as outlined herein, believe that the project will create probable significant adverse environmental impacts. [Read More...]

Workshop on Septic Tanks and Private Wells – January 21, 2004

March 24, 2009 Author: admin

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Materials collected from workshop on Septic Tanks and Private Wells

Intro:

We attended a special workshop for homeowners on how to properly maintain septic systems and private wells on their property, how to prevent costly repairs, and how to protect drinking water from contamination. This workshop was presentd by the Washington State University Cooperative Extension and Clark County Health Department, and it was sponsored by Clark County Clean Water Program, and Clark Conservation District. [Read More...]

BEACHES AT RISK – TRACKING DOWN THE CONTAMINATION From KATU News, December 17, 2003

March 24, 2009 Author: admin

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From KATU News, December 17, 2003

COOS BAY – This week, two of the state’s most beautiful sandy stretches near Coos Bay continue under a nearly month long “Health Advisory” from the Office of Public Health.

People who go in the water at Sunset Bay State Park or Bastendorff Beach are at risk from contamination that may make them sick.

Surfers like Dan Marshal and Carmen Conn have experienced that risk first hand. They each became sick after surfing near Sunset Bay. According to Marshal, the symptoms were immediate and striking: [Read More...]

Test Your Well Water! Monitor Your Septic Tanks! & Human Health Risks from Exposure to Contaminated Water!

March 24, 2009 Author: admin

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Information included in this article was taken from the following sources:

The Rosemere Neighborhood Association, Vancouver, WA; Addy Labs, Vancouver WA;Thom McConathy, Clark County Natural Resource Council, Vancouver, WA; The Chlorine Chemistry Council 12 June 1997; Corpus Christi Times, July 19, 2002; University of Minnesota College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Services; The Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions; Is Our Water Safe to Drink? By J. Gorden Millichap, MD; San Francisco Chronicle Jan 5, 2003; The Water Quality and Health Council; the Clark County Health Department (Formerly the Southwest Washington Health District); The Washington State Department of Health; The Washington State Department of Ecology

Private Wells

Well water quality is just as important as quantity, but easier to overlook. There is rarely a clear signal when microorganisms, nitrates, pesticides or VOG’s (volatile organic compounds) contaminate well water. Yet these contaminates do make their way into private wells. Homeowners who choose the “blinders” approach, assuming that their well water is OK, are taking a gamble with their health. The potential risks are kidney and nervous system damage, intestinal illness, cancer and birth defects. According to a US Geological Survey, many wells in Clark County and Vancouver were tested and found to contain contaminates. [Read More...]

LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THE RNA’S EFFORTS FROM AREA LEADERS – September 2003

March 24, 2009 Author: admin

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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. [Read More...]

CONTAMINATION OF BURNT BRIDGE CREEK AND VANCOUVER LAKE HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS

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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. [Read More...]

RNA UNCOVERS MISSING TEST RESULTS FOR CONTAMINATION OF BURNT BRIDGE CREEK DUE TO FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEMS – 2003

March 24, 2009 Author: admin

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The Rosemere Neighborhood Association, through a Freedom of Information Act request, has obtained a copy of a test called “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.

TO SEE THE FULL REPORT CLICK HERE: Burnt Bridge Creek Microbial Source Tracking – October 1999

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