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...
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...
$640M federal loan awarded for Willamette Water project
Money to Tualatin Valley Water District and Hillsboro accounts for about half of the $1.2B price tag. A federal loan of $640 million will enable the Tualatin Valley Water District and several Washington County cities...
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...
