Water treatment facility approved in Sherwood
Planning commission gives go-ahead to build plant on 46 acres off 124th Avenue Sherwood has given the go-ahead for the construction of a new water treatment facility that will treat drinking water as it makes its way from Wilsonville to Hillsboro. On Dec. 8, the city’s planning commission unanimously approved the facility, which will be…
Water customers in Hillsboro to see rate increases in 2021
“Hillsboro Water carefully manages drinking water rates, and strives to ensure equity and affordability for all customers,” said Niki Iverson, director of the Hillsboro Water Department. “Water rates are designed so all customers pay their fair share based on how they use Hillsboro’s water system and how much water they use.” Read the article at…
Pipeline water treatment plant project to get under way in 2022
Water supply program plans to seek approval to build a new water treatment plant in Sherwood. Ray Pitz, Tuesday, August 25, 2020, The Times An ambitious pipeline project that will result in providing drinking water for those in the Tualatin Valley Water District, along with residents in the cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro, is moving…
Hillsboro Willamette Water Supply System Map And Pipeline Route Updates
This map update reflects changes to the Scholls Area Pipeline Project north section (PLM_5.3). Hillsboro Water Department has planned years in advance to ensure there is plentiful drinking water today, tomorrow, and in the future for the community. While Hillsboro’s sole water supply source is the upper-Tualatin River, projections show by 2026 that Hillsboro’s water…
Beaverton’s newest neighborhood adding 3,000 homes
The new community is being built around Mountainside High School, across a state highway from Tigard’s River Terrace. In the area, crews have been working for months to install pipelines and other infrastructure for the Willamette Water Supply Program, which will provide a drinking water source from the Willamette River. Officials in Hillsboro, Beaverton and…
Officials boost plan to draw water from Willamette River
A $1.3 billion regional project scheduled for completion in 2026 will supply more for Hillsboro, be a backup source for Beaverton and enable the Tualatin Valley Water District to end purchases from Portland. When the largest public works project in Washington County is completed seven years from now, it will draw millions of gallons from…
Beaverton, Portland invited to apply for federal water loan
It’s one of 39 projects nationwide that the Environmental Protection Agency has encouraged to seek money from a program created by Sen. Jeff Merkley; Portland also invited; $6.3 billion total is available in third round. Beaverton has been invited to apply for a $58 million federal loan to help pay for water system improvements. Beaverton’s…
Clean Water, Good Jobs
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, October 9, 2019 In 2016, the country was shocked when we learned that an entire city’s water supply in Flint, Michigan was contaminated, harming children and leaving a community relying on bottled water and fearful of their faucets. We’ve heard stories about critical water quality issues in Oregon, too, like cyanobacteria…
Merkley celebrated the $640 million in federal loans to Tualatin Valley Water District and Hillsboro to build the $1.2 billion Willamette Water Supply Program
… Later, Merkley celebrated the $640 million in federal loans to Tualatin Valley Water District and Hillsboro to build the $1.2 billion Willamette Water Supply Program, which will draw from the Willamette River to provide a backup source of water for them and other cities that join the project. The loans from the Environmental Protection…
Beaverton Joins Willamette Water Supply Program
The City of Beaverton is now an owner in the Willamette Water Supply Program — a new, resilient water source for the community. The city will receive up to five million gallons of water per day when operational in 2026. The system, a network of pipelines, storage tanks, a state-of-the-art water filtration plant, and more,…
