July 9, 2020 โ โThe good news is, weโre up and running again in Newport,โ said Lori Steele, executive director of West Coast Seafood Processors. โItโs really good news.โ
As part of the city of Newportโs declared water emergency, production at fish processing plants on the Bayfront had been halted. This action was taken because the city could not supply its industrial users with water, due to the unexpected fouling of membrane filters at the cityโs water treatment plant.
โThere were concerns that we were going to shut down longer than just through the holiday weekend,โ Steele told the News-Times early Tuesday afternoon. โThere were financial losses and disruption in the fishing community when this happened, but we got though it.โ