Thank You to Open House Attendees
The Willamette Water Supply Program wishes to thank everyone who attended the recent open houses. Your input is greatly appreciated! More than 800 people attended the open house or participated in the online open house. Participants said that coordinating pipeline construction with other improvement projects (like transportation projects) and utility work as the main benefit…
Washington County’s long-term water needs on display at ‘virtual’ open house
Oregonlive.com (November 27 | Written by Dana Tims) The Willamette Water Supply Program is exploring options for future pipeline routes and is seeking public comment. A series of open houses was held recently at various points in Washington County, but residents have until the end of the day Friday, Nov. 28, to participate in an online “virtual”…
Planning starts on new water pipeline routes
Hillsboro Tribune (Tuesday, 25 November 2014 11:24 | Written by Kathy Fuller) ‘Multi-generational’ project will bring water from Willamette River A Nov. 20 open house in Hillsboro brought close to 100 citizens to peruse maps and potential pipeline routes for the Willamette Water Supply Project, a decade-long undertaking to bring Willamette River water to Hillsboro…
Open house will dig into water pipeline routes
Hillsboro Tribune–(Friday, 14 November 2014, Written by Doug Burkhardt) The Hillsboro Water Department and Tualatin Valley Water District are hosting an open house regarding plans to develop an additional source of water from the Willamette River at Wilsonville. The Willamette Water Supply Pipeline Project is part of a long-range plan to expand the capacity of…
Hillsboro, other cities to hold open houses about Willamette Water Supply project
The Oregonian – OregonLive.com (October 13, 2014 at 11:45 AM, updated October 13, 2014 at 11:46 AM / Written by Luke Hammill) Local water officials have announced a series of October and November open houses in Wilsonville, Beaverton, Aloha, Sherwood and Hillsboro, where the public can learn more about the Willamette Water Supply Program. The project…
Water supply will be subject of open house
Hillsboro Tribune (Friday, 19 September 2014 01:00 | Written by Fuller, Kathy) Washington County’s Department of Land Use & Transportation, Tualatin Valley Water District and Hillsboro Water invite the public to attend a project open house on Sept. 24 to learn more about the county’s 124th Avenue extension project and the Willamette Water Supply Program.…
Hillsboro turns to Willamette for future water
HILLSBORO, Ore. (KOIN) — Some Hillsboro residents could see their water bill go up in a few months if the Hillsboro Utility Commission votes to approve a proposed increase Tuesday. “We’re making a decision today that makes sure Hillsboro has water 40 and 50 years from now,” said Kevin Hanway, director of the Hillsboro Water…
Hillsboro’s trek to the Willamette River could begin soon, others to follow as suburbs plan for growth
OregonLive.com—Willamette River water may flow from faucets and sprinkler heads, fuel businesses and water fountains, and course through a maze of pipes to customers throughout Washington County. The Hillsboro Utilities Commission will vote on a preferred secondary water source for Oregon’s fifth-largest city on Tuesday. After a three-year study, the Willamette River near Wilsonville “clearly…
Beaverton, Tigard and Tualatin eyeing Willamette River as future water source
By Nicole Friedman and Fenit Nirappil, Oregonian, August 30, 2013 A growing number of Washington County cities are eyeing the Willamette River as a future source of drinking water.The Tualatin Valley Water District and Hillsboro are planning to build a pipeline and water treatment plant to provide customers Willamette water by 2026. The first step…
Road project could give Hillsboro and Tualatin Valley Water District head start on pipeline to Willamette River
By Andrew Theen The Oregonian/OregonLive (May 14, 2013) Water District’s joint plan to build a pipeline to the Willamette River is already gaining momentum. The city and TVWD, Oregon’s second-largest water provider, formally designated the Willamette River near Wilsonville as the secondary water source of the future at meetings in February and April respectively.…
