Nehalem Bay Wastewater Agency(NBWA) has a service area that covers Nehalem, Manzanita, Wheeler, and Neah-Kah-Nie. NBWA is a public utility that handles wastewater only. Our system has over 75 miles of gravity pipeline, nearly 1200 manholes/clean-outs, and 19 Lift stations. The sewage is treated at our Treatment Plant in Nehalem through the Lagoon System.
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Nehalem Bay Wastewater Agency has been testing the sewage from our service area for Levels of Sars-CoV-2 virus (Covid-19) since May 5, 2020. The levels continue to decrease but are still at detectable levels.
Would you like to learn more about the testing of community wastewater as a surveillance/early detection for Covid-19? Check out these resources:
- Discover more information from Biobot on Covid detected in wastewater nationwide: BiobotData
- Learn more about Biobot and see nationwide wastewater testing data here: BioBot
- Find the latest study on wastewater surveillance from Stop The Spread (STS) here.
- biobotanalytics/mining-wastewater-data-to-refine-covid-19-case-estimation
- Would you like to learn more about Biobot? Check out this story from NPR at https://www.npr.org/2020/05/07/852155076/how-what-you-flush-is-helping-track-coronavirus.
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- BioBotCovidConcentrations 3.2.2022
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Established in 1970, the Nehalem Bay Wastewater Agency serves the Oregon coastal cities of Nehalem, Manzanita and Wheeler and the surrounding area.
Our main office is in Nehalem, but you might not know that those little buildings in the area are our major pump stations, nineteen and twelve building lift stations.
Of course, there are also 1145 manholes/clean-outs and 396,000 feet of gravity pipeline that varies in size from 6 inch to 21 inch that connects everything.