Erosion exposing community water line

Observation by Jeffrey Luther

In photo #1 the wells raw water transmission carrier pipe free floating in the river, the old undisturbed gravel holding in place for now, the loose gravel that was filled in last November washed away rather quickly. In photo #2 is for reference on how far back almost matching distance of where the land was left undisturbed and on November 5, 2024 the image shows how far back the crew dug to reconnect the wells raw water transmission carrier pipe. In photo #3 the close up image is of the 45 angle, most concerning part for us, once that goes, we will start pulling water directly from the river. In photo #4 is the front view of the failing cement pillow revetment sliding into the river due to gravel being pulled from underneath. In photo # 5 the top view, you can see the loose gravel being pulled from behind the cement pillows, directly below the AVEC Fuel storage tanks.

August 1st update

The next high water event will accelerate the erosion towards AVEC's power plant, fuel storage tanks, native stores storage facilities, fuel storage tanks, and fuel station. Photo #6, 7, 8 show August 1st collapse of the cement pillows.