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…
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 the communities of Hillsboro, Aloha, Beaverton and Tigard, sections of roadway are being dug up so pipe can be laid…
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 the Tualatin Valley Water District, and the other for $251 million is going to the city of Hillsboro. The money…
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 is getting a head start on its public outreach. It has scheduled an open house for the widening project on…
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 Act, or WIFIA, program and will help finance the $1.3-billion, multi-year Willamette Water Supply System program. A $388-million loan is going…
$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 to draw water from the Willamette River. The announcement this week by the Environmental Protect Agency will allow the Willamette…
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 agency responsible for providing water to a large swath of Washington County. Niki Iverson has been named the city’s new…
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 cities across Washington County, including Hillsboro, officials say it’s still on track to go live in 2026, and the next…
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 system and how much water they use,” Water rates will rise by up to 20 percent for some of Hillsboro’s…
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, the US Fish & Wildlife Service purchased the surrounding land and initiated restoration efforts. In 2009, a half-mile upstream from…
