OregonLive.com—The Tualatin Valley Water District voted 4-0 Wednesday to tap the Willamette River as the district’s need for water grows in the next 30 years and beyond.
The district will partner with Hillsboro, which voted in February to adopt the same long-term strategy for water supply.
The two agencies plan to build a water treatment plant in Wilsonville and a pipeline to transport the water to Washington County.
The plan could be implemented by 2025. The Tualatin Valley Water District expects its portion of the cost to be $408.3 million.
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