Water
Two Systems
Dam Water
The historic water source for the lodge. Primarily used for fire suppression system and flushing toilets.
The pipe line is about 1300 feet long. rn
Well
Used for potable domestic water. The well head and storage tank manhole are located in the Pump House
Reference
History
2023
The WA Dept. Of Health has upgraded us from a Group B to a Group A TNC water facility. In practical terms, the significant changes are:
from: reporting to our local AHJ (Kittitas County)
to: reporting directly to the WA DOH.
from: testing nitrates every 3 years
to: testing annually
from: testing coliform in Jan & March
to: testing in Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct, Dec
Meany Lodge must collect water samples and deliver them directly to a testing lab. Meany’s WFI System Id is AE187H. It can also be found on the Water System Search page using our Owner Name of Meany Lodge.
The state publishes a complete list of all the testing labs in the state. One of them is the Seattle-King Co Dept of Public Health Lab which accepts commercial / public samples in the basement of Harborview hospital. They can do our coliform testing for $25.
For Nitrate testing in Seattle, there a couple options including Fremont Analytical.
2020
Cleaned the dam prefilter. Michael Moreland and Lucas Simerson climbed into the reservoir with 5 gallon buckets and scooped out 10 gallons of sediment. A further flushing was made by opening the valve in Kirkland Park and stirring up the sediment while water was flowing through.
2019
Sank a new well, because the Kittitas County Health Department compelled us to. Dam water is still being used for flushing toilets and fire suppression system. Built the Pump House to enclose the well head.
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Switched to propane water heaters located in the pantry.
2007
Replace the pipe from Kirkland Park to the Lodge with 2” PVC with shut off valves near the connection point. rn
1993-2003
Place two storage tanks near the dam and replace the existing iron pipe with 2” PVC from the dam to approximately midway between North and Kirkland Park. rn
1987
Revise kitchen, revise plumbing, moved hot water tanks to under counter. hw
1979
Add electric water heater: existing propane fueled water heater insufficient capacity. hw
1978
Improved plumbing and shut-off valves where supply line enters basement under hatch in men’s toilet. hw
1974
Replaced water supply dam in Tombstone Creek. Complete replacement of old black iron 1-1/4” pipe with 2” plastic. Water supply line is now 500’ of 2” galvanized steel and 1,132’ of 2” plastic. ma78, hw
1972
Water supply line changed 500’ of 1¼” black iron pipe to 2” plastic. hw
1955
The water supply dam which BPA built to replace the original dam was defective. Meany troops built new dam for which BPA paid. ma78, hw
1939
water supply line changed to enter new basement. hw
1928
Established “continuous community domestic supply for a lodge” from Tombstone Creek. Priority date: June 30, 1889.
Water piped in from nearby creek. hw
The original pipe line was iron (you can still some remnants of it in the road up to the Lane) was installed in approximately 1928 which lasted months (froze in the first winter and split). It was replaced shortly there after and lasted until the early ‘80. rn