The South Santiam Watershed Council will not be holding any summer meetings between June and September. Please visit our watershed projects page for updates on ongoing activities.
Watershed Council Meeting 5/20
The South Santiam Watershed Council will be meeting Wednesday, May 20th, at the Lebanon Senior Center from 6-8 pm. The Lebanon Senior Center is located at 65B Academy St. (next to the new Lebanon library construction). The Council meets in meeting room #3 behind the auditorium.
This month, we are pleased to welcome Adam Stebbins, Benton County Water Project Coordinator and Will Fulton, Linn-Benton Community College student intern who will be giving a presentation at 7:00 pm on “Locating and Identifying Abandoned Wells”. The majority of domestic groundwater use occurs within the populated rural areas of the Willamette Basin, often just outside city water service areas. Residents in those areas use wells to collect groundwater for drinking, irrigation and household uses. Currently there are many more state recorded wells than households in those areas, so it is clear that many wells have been abandoned. Unknown, inoperative and often unseen groundwater wells can have an adverse impact on water quality by acting as conduits for contaminated water to travel, posing risks to local and regional water quality. The presentation will focus on how to locate these abandoned well and how watershed residents can assist the researchers.
Prior to the presentation, the South Santiam Watershed Council Board of Directors will meet at 6:00 pm, which is also open to the public and this month we will be evaluating our organizational strengths and limitations.
