Forum | Classifieds | Lost & Found | CGKA | Industry | Sensors | Forecast | Spots | Seattle | Decals | RSS | Facebook Events | Photos | Search | Register | Profile | Log in to check your messages | Log in  Not Good News For The Coast          Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast previous topic :: next topic   Author Message Nak Since 19 May 2005 4240 Posts Camas Site Lackey CGKA Member Sat Jul 15, 23 1:41 pm    Not Good News For The Coast 😯😯😯😪😪😪 https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/report-potentially-unsafe-levels-of-fecal-bacteria-found-at-most-oregon-beaches/ macgruber Since 06 Dec 2011 490 Posts SE PDX volcano Obsessed Sun Jul 16, 23 10:12 pm     I don’t buy it. The Manzanita area has a sewer treatment system while much of the coast including Gearhart is septic. Possibly they are testing a few times a year on days when the Nehalem is flooding and extrapolating Arb2me Since 14 May 2019 28 Posts   Mon Jul 17, 23 6:25 am     This isn’t exactly surprising. Have you seen how many cows are within spitting distance of the coast? The Nehalem is nothing but dairy farms past the park. Don’t like it? Just don’t swallow the water and quit buying dairy. tinyE Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster Tue Jul 18, 23 7:42 am     doesn't shock me considering portland lets their sewer overflow right into the river during rainy times. Swim in the willamette (wilsonville area) and you'll have a summer long sinus infection from all the fertilizer and cow poo flowing in off the farms. oregon has a way to go to be a "green" state. BlowOut Since 22 Jul 2005 17 Posts   Tue Jul 18, 23 8:04 am    Re: Not Good News For The Coast Nak wrote: 😯😯😯😪😪😪 https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/report-potentially-unsafe-levels-of-fecal-bacteria-found-at-most-oregon-beaches/ Likely, it was because of me. My parents took me on the approximate 300 mile Oregon coastal trip, where I stopped at every windy spot while my parents were kiting and winging it up. Sorry all.    CoastwasmeswimmingontheOregonCoast.jpg  whiskeybarrels Since 30 Apr 2020 3 Posts PDX Kook Wed Jul 19, 23 9:28 am     tinyE wrote: doesn't shock me considering portland lets their sewer overflow right into the river during rainy times. Swim in the willamette (wilsonville area) and you'll have a summer long sinus infection from all the fertilizer and cow poo flowing in off the farms. oregon has a way to go to be a "green" state. Are you unaware of the effort to eliminate CSO's or just not settling for anything less than 100%? https://www.portland.gov/bes/about-big-pipe#:~:text=Before%20Big%20Pipes%2C%20an%20average,and%20one%20every%20third%20summer. As for cow poo, stop eating meat. shred_da_gorge Since 12 Nov 2008 1308 Posts Da Hood & Da Wood XTreme Poster Wed Jul 19, 23 1:54 pm     So the root cause of water pollution is cows... not people? Windian Since 28 Apr 2008 892 Posts Newport, OR NEWPORT OG Wed Jul 19, 23 8:39 pm     Oregon Health Authority and the OBMP do regular water quality testing along the beaches in Oregon. Here is the most current status for July testing: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/healthyenvironments/recreation/beachwaterquality/pages/status.aspx tinyE Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster Thu Jul 20, 23 8:46 am     whiskeybarrels wrote: tinyE wrote: doesn't shock me considering portland lets their sewer overflow right into the river during rainy times. Swim in the willamette (wilsonville area) and you'll have a summer long sinus infection from all the fertilizer and cow poo flowing in off the farms. oregon has a way to go to be a "green" state. Are you unaware of the effort to eliminate CSO's or just not settling for anything less than 100%? https://www.portland.gov/bes/about-big-pipe#:~:text=Before%20Big%20Pipes%2C%20an%20average,and%20one%20every%20third%20summer. As for cow poo, stop eating meat. the fact that we are flowing raw sewage into our river right downtown in 2023 seems a bit caveman-ish to me. Doesn't have to be 100%, but seems like an easy fix would be an overflow for treatment after the fact kind of thing. I'm no sewage expert, I just think dumping raw sewage in 2023 is taking the easy way out. Even with the fix, it's still ~300 Million gallons of sewage into the river that splits downtown Portland. it's not just cow poo. fertilizers from the fields are what contribute more polution (IMO). So you'd have to pretty much stop eating.        Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Northwest Kiteboarding Discussion Forum----------------Gorge / Portland / Oregon CoastFor SaleLost & FoundIndustry SoapboxCGKA  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You can attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum