Camas restores all municipal wells, lifts water advisorySubscriber Exclusive

The city of Camas has restored all of its municipal wells to service following equipment and maintenance issues that temporarily took four wells offline last month, according to city officials.

The city announced reservoir levels have returned to normal and the voluntary irrigation advisory has been lifted, allowing residents to resume normal water use.

“Everything is good,” Camas Director of Communications and Public Affairs Bryan Rachal told the Post-Record. “All wells are fixed and running as they should.”

The city had previously reported that three of the four affected wells had been restored while the final well awaited replacement equipment. At the time, officials said the remaining well was not needed to meet current demand.

The issues began in mid-June when four of Camas’ 14 municipal wells were taken offline because of unrelated maintenance and equipment failures, prompting the city to ask residents to voluntarily reduce outdoor water use for 24 to 48 hours to help stabilize reservoir levels. Officials emphasized the outages were unrelated to the city’s ongoing PFAS treatment project at Well 13. Two wells were restored within days, and the city gradually returned the remaining wells to service.