Garibaldi, Oregon

							RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
SUCCESS STORIES: Rural Development Helps Clean Up Tillamook Bay
                  Garibaldi, Oregon




Outline of Need: The City of Garibaldi, Oregon, is in violation of the Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ) standards concerning overflow into School Creek,
inadequate hydraulic capacity of the Treatment Plant, deficiencies associated with the
Treatment Plant outfall location, and compliance with sludge management
requirements.

How Rural Development Helped: Rural Utilities Service is providing $1,494,900 in
loan funds and $1,400,000 in grant funds for this project. The proposed project
includes replacement or upgrading of two pump stations including a new 8-inch
forcemain, upgrading/replacing exiting treatment plant to a sequencing batch reactor,
extending existing outfall pipeline from the treatment plant further into Tillamook Bay,
and placing a difusser on the outlet of the outfall pipeline. These proposed
improvements would meet the needs of the City and the requirements of regulatory
agencies.

The Results: The improvements to the collection system and treatment plant system
will provide safeguards and enhance monitoring to substantially reduce the organic
content of wastewater that degrades or diminishes the Tillamook Bay’s ability to
support aquatic life. Chlorine concentrations in the effluent will be eliminated, thereby
removing potential toxicity to organisms in the Bay. Water quality in Tillamook Bay will
improve as a result of this project, and, as an additional benefit, improved water quality
in the Bay should improve Oregon Coast coho salmon, Oregon Coast steelhead, and
Coastal cutthroat trout runs in the Miami, Trask, and Wilson Rivers.