Our Opinion: Get ready, because there’s construction ahead
Work on Tualatin-Sherwood Road is sure to be a nuisance. But the payoff will last longer. And as work continues to build a massive new pipeline system from the Willamette River in Wilsonville up to...
Willamette River water project gains federal Aid
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding two sizable loans that will be used to help pay for $1.3 billion in Willamette Water Supply System improvements. One loan for $388 million is being awarded to...
Public invited to learn more about Cornelius Pass Road widening
Southeast Cornelius Pass Road in Hillsboro is set to be widened in the early to mid-2020s. While the construction project won't break ground for about three more years, the Washington County Department of Land Use & Transportation...
EPA Clears $640M in WIFIA Loans for $1.3B Oregon Water Project
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved two new loans, totaling $640 million, for a major water-supply infrastructure program in western Oregon. The loan approvals, announced on Aug. 19, are part of EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation...
New head of Joint Water Commission hired
Longtime city employee Niki Iverson will take over JWC as well as Hillsboro Water Department. HillsboroTribune Geoff Pursinger Tuesday, July 16, 2019 The city of Hillsboro has hired a new head to the regional joint water...
Plans on track for Hillsboro’s new water source
Hillsboro Tribune, Olivia Singer Tuesday, February 19, 2019 There are seven years left in the development of the Willamette Water Supply Program. Roughly halfway through a massive $1.2 billion project creating an additional water source for...
Hillsboro approves higher water rates
Pamplin Media Group (December 14, 2018) "The proposed 2019 water rate adjustments varied by customer class in order to ensure each class is paying their fair share based on how customers use the City's water...
Powerful ecological enhancement amid rapid urbanization
Tree for All (December 2018) For years, partners have been preparing to transform this reach of Chicken Creek. In 1996, thanks in part to the grassroots support of Friends of Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge,...
Collaboration leads to water savings
By: Norm Eder, November 19, 2018 WIFIA funding will save ratepayers about $383 million in borrowing costs for the new water system. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that Tualatin Valley Water District...
Oregon Delegation Announces Major Water Infrastructure Loan for Tualatin Valley Water District and City of Hillsboro
November 2, 2018 PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Blumenauer, and Kurt Schrader, today announced that a massive $616.6 million loan, made possible through special...
