Garden Club Guest Dr. Bob Bors & Spring Bulbs are in!

by Suzie Stranik

City of Seward – Press Release #20

Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.

*New Information:

Be Advised! The Department of Environmental Conservation has issuing the following advisory for Kenai Peninsula property owners near flooding streams and rivers: Flooded wells may be contaminated with bacteria or other microorganisms that can cause illness. People with onsite wells on flooded property should boil water used for drinking, cooking, hand washing, or dish washing. Boil filtered and settled water vigorously for two minutes. After the flooding has subsided, the well and water system should be disinfected with chlorine and thoroughly flushed, and then tested by a certified laboratory to ensure the water is safe to drink.

Seldovia Beach Cabin Almost Washed Away!

by Jenny Chissus

Seldovia property owners, Scott and Janet Ogan, who live on the west side of Seldovia Bay awoke to what sounded like a 747 landing on the hill behind their cabin!   Due to the heavy rains, a major landslide came down the hills behind their home with rock, dirt and trees in tow.  Scott and his wife jumped out of bed and ran to safety away from the flow, as the total destruction of their cabin seemed imminent.

They are so appreciative of Russ and Jordan Geagel, and John, who came over to help in their time of need, moving rock and removing fallen trees.   In addition to the landslide, over the night, a good portion of the beach eroded away.  He exclaimed to me over the phone “Do you see the brown water in the bay?  That is our real estate floating away!”  Their next step is removing  landslide debris and working to preserve what is left of their beach.

Scott is so thankful that they were on site for this storm, as they truly believe they would have lost the cabin altogether had they not been able to divert the water and redirect and move the debris away from the cabin, along with the incredible help of a few friendly and generous Seldovians!

Scott called me today as he is need of a small backhoe, bobcat (something less than 10,000 pounds) or piece of equipment that can move rocks and trees on the beach.  They have secured a barge, but desperately need some help with equipment – it is too big of a job to perform by hand.  The situation needs to be managed as soon as possible, as they certainly can’t go into winter weather in this compromised situation!  If you have equipment and can offer some assistance Please give Scott a call or text him at: 907-982-2469 or 907-355-4667

Public Notice, High Turbidity Levels in Seldovia’s Drinking Water

by City of Seldovia

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER

City of Seldovia’s Public Water System Does Not Meet Turbidity Standards

This notice is being provided as a public education and health advisory regarding the City of Seldovia’s Public Water System.  Our water system occasionally does not meet drinking water turbidity (cloudiness) standards for an unfiltered water system.    Although this is not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know about your water system’s water quality, as well as what you should do in response to this high turbidity event, and what we are doing to correct this situation

Seldovia’s water system uses chlorine to treat the water.  We currently do not filter the water.  As a water system that does not filter the water, we are required to test the source water turbidity (cloudiness) several times each day.  Water samples taken in mid-September, 2012 were above 1.49 turbidity units, (above the standard) but are still below 5.0 NTU (maximum limit allowed). The explanation for the elevated levels is due to heavy rains. We do expect the turbidity levels to come back into acceptable range as the heavy rains cease.

Why is this notice being provided and what should I do?

This notice is being provided so that you are aware that our water system is not meeting water quality standards.

• This is not a boil water notice, but rather a public health advisory.  We do not know of any microbiological contamination at this time and our routine bacteria tests have shown no disease-causing