{"id":7189,"date":"2018-01-30T19:48:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T03:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=7189"},"modified":"2025-12-12T19:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T03:49:11","slug":"el-dorado-irrigation-district-responds-after-body-found-in-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2018\/01\/30\/el-dorado-irrigation-district-responds-after-body-found-in-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"El Dorado Irrigation District Responds After Body Found In Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sara Jerome, Water Online]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A man\u2019s body was found last week in a water pipeline operated by a California water district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe body of a man who fell into a water pipeline in El Dorado County was found [on January 23] after hours of searching, which prompted an emergency water conservation announcement for residents in Pollock Pines, Placerville, El Dorado Hills, and Cameron Park,\u201d KCRA\u00a0<a>reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>El Dorado Irrigation District spokesman Jesse Saich said it is believed that the man entered the pipeline through an air vent, according to KCRA. The Camino Conduit pipe carries raw water to a water treatment plant from Jenkinson Lake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe body of Tory Robert Mayes, 34, of Pollock Pines, was discovered about 11 a.m. in an area of raw water, which is eventually treated at a high level before it is distributed to customers,\u201d KCRA reported, citing Saich.<\/p>\n<p>The day before Mayes\u2019 body was found district officials issued an emergency conservation warning to ratepayers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents throughout El Dorado County, including Pollock Pines, Placerville, El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park, received phone calls and emails about the water conservation announcement,\u201d KCRA previously\u00a0<a>reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinimizing usage will reduce the potential for the water system to lose pressure or completely run out of water,\u201d the notice to customers said, per KCRA.<\/p>\n<p>The irrigation district\u00a0<a>provides drinking water<\/a>\u00a0to homes, schools, and businesses, as well as recycled water for irrigating yards and public landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>Mayes was hiking with his half-brother and a friend on the day he passed. Mayes\u2019 half-brother\u00a0<a>described what happened<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<em>The Mountain Democrat<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard Tory splashing and tried leaning my arm around the corner where the pipe ends and almost slipped in as well. If there was something I could have done to save him, I would have,\u201d he said, per the report. \u201cI tried to climb down and feel around but the water started pulling me in. I saw Tory&#8230;I heard a splash, looked around again and Tory was gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sara Jerome, Water Online] A man\u2019s body was found last week in a water pipeline operated by a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","darknews-slider-full":"","darknews-featured":"","darknews-medium":"","darknews-medium-square":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"News MoLo","author_link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/News\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7190,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189\/revisions\/7190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}