Final Piece of Seismically Resilient Pipeline Placed
The Willamette Water Supply Program (WWSP) reached a major milestone in January with the installation of the final section of 66-inch transmission pipeline in Wilsonville. With this last piece in place, the full 30-mile regional pipeline is now complete. This event marks the culmination of years of planning and construction for the Willamette Water Supply System (WWSS), one of the region’s most significant water infrastructure projects.
Building the WWSP required extensive engineering expertise, careful coordination, and collaboration across multiple communities. Crews worked through complex technical challenges to safely construct and install the pipeline while closely...
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Issue Archive
- Issue 136 - February 2026 - Final Piece of Seismically Resilient Pipeline Placed
2025
- Issue 135 - November 2025 - Metzger Pipeline East Phase 2 Reaches Substantial Completion
- Issue 134 - October 2025 - Beaverton Prepares for a More Reliable Water Future
- Issue 133 - September 2025 - WWSP Providing Invaluable Career Advancement Opportunities
- Issue 132 - August 2025 - WWSS Water Treatment Plant Timelapse Progress
- Issue 131 - June 2025 - Restoring Existing Native Oregon White Oak Habitat
- Issue 130 - May 2025 - Phase 1 Metzger Pipeline East (MPE_1.1) Nearly Complete
- Issue 129 - April 2025 - More than 800 Local Businesses Benefit from WWSP's $800 Million Investment
- Issue 128 - March 2025 - Program Update: Willamette Water Supply System Progress Video
- Issue 127 - February 2025 - On Schedule for 2026 System Completion
- Issue 126 - January 2025 - “In the News”—A Look Back at 2024
2024
- Issue 125 - December 2024 - Regional Preparedness
- Issue 124 - November 2024 - Raw Water Facilities Pump Installation
- Issue 123 - October 2024 - Construction Progress on the WWSS Facilities
- Issue 122 - September 2024 - Making Connections – The Pieces are Coming Together!
- Issue 121 - August 2024 - Sharing the Spoils (or Soils) of Construction
- Issue 120 - July 2024 - Orenco Woods Nature Park – Eastern Trail Reopens
- Issue 119 - June 2024 - Chicken Creek Restoration Tour
- Issue 118 - May 2024 - Willamette River Watershed Protection
- Issue 117 - April 2024 - WWSP Reaches Peak of Construction Activity
- Issue 116 - March 2024 - Coffee Creek Lake Area Restoration a Success
- Issue 115 - February 2024 - Building a More Resilient Water System
- Issue 114 - January 2024 - “In the News”—A Look Back at 2023
2023
- Issue 113 - December 2023 - Willamette Water Supply Program Prepares for Rainy Weather
- Issue 112 - November 2023 - Regional Infrastructure Investments Support Local Businesses
- Issue 111 - October 2023 - Celebrating Partnerships
- Issue 110 - September 2023 - Vibration Control and Monitoring Preconstruction Site Assessments
- Issue 109 - August 2023 - Help Us Keep Everyone Safe! Stay Out of Construction Areas.
- Issue 108 - July 2023 - Blasting Winds Down, Buildings Rising Up at WWSS Water Treatment Plant
- Issue 107 - June 2023 - Successful Completion of the Tualatin River Tunnel
- Issue 106 - May 2023 - Osprey Nest Relocation 2023
- Issue 105 - April 2023 - Willamette Water Supply Program Pipeline Installation on SW Grabhorn Road
- Issue 104 - March 2023 - Willamette Water Supply Program Construction in High Gear
- Issue 103 - February 2023 - Celebrating Willamette Water Supply Program (WWSP) Engineers!
- Issue 102 - January 2023 - “In the News”—A Look Back at 2022
2022
- Issue 101 - December 2022 - Building the Pacific Northwest Construction Workforce
- Issue 100 - November 2022 - Water Supply Integration Blue Ribbon Panel
- Issue 99 - October 2022 - Regional Infrastructure Investments Support Local Businesses
- Issue 98 - September 2022 - Bison Fossils Find Home and Purpose at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Nature Center
- Issue 97 - August 2022 - Construction Professionals - Building on Schedule and as Designed
- Issue 96 - July 2022 - WWSP Water Treatment Plant Crews Make Unique Discovery
- Issue 95 - June 2022 - Do Your Part to Keep Construction Zones Safe
- Issue 94 - May 2022 - Construction of the WWSP’s Water Treatment Plant is Underway!
- Issue 93 - April 2022 - Introducing Our New Willamette Water Supply
- Issue 92 - March 2022 - Willamette Water Supply Program Builds Momentum
- Issue 91 - February 2022 - WWSP and Global Economic Forces
- Issue 90 - January 2022 - “In the News”—A Look Back at 2021
2021
- Issue 89 - December 2021 - WWSP Tunnel Construction Begins Near Highway 217
- Issue 88 - November 2021 - Willamette Water Supply Program—Looking Back
- Issue 87 - October 2021 - Providing Reliable Drinking Water and Energizing the Local Economy
- Issue 86 - September 2021 - Regional Water Supply Coordination
- Issue 85 - August 2021 - Willamette Intake Facilities Commission
- Issue 84 - July 2021 - RWF Project Hits Two Significant Construction Milestones
- Issue 83 - June 2021 - WWSS Project Pivots in Response to COVID-19
- Issue 82 - May 2021 - Willamette Water Supply System Progress Video
- Issue 81 - April 2021 - WWSP Habitat Restoration Projects
- Issue 80 - March 2021 - Innovation is at the heart of the WWSS’s mission
- Issue 79 - February 2021 - February is Earthquake Awareness Month
- Issue 78 - January 2021 - Take a Virtual Tour of the Willamette Intake Facilities
2020
- Issue 77 - December 2020 - Rosedale Road Closure
- Issue 76 - November 2020 - Grateful for Strong Partnerships and a Reliable Water Future
- Issue 75 - October 2020 - Celebrating MEI Group's Safety Award
- Issue 74 - September 2020 - Willamette Water Supply Program and Disaster Preparedness
- Issue 73 - August 2020 - Construction begins on another South Hillsboro area pipeline!
- Issue 72 - July 2020 - Willamette Water Supply's "Raw Water Facilities" Gets Notice to Proceed
- Issue 71 - June 2020 - Scholls Area Pipeline Project (PLM_5.2) SW Grabhorn Road Closure
- Issue 70 - May 2020 - Development of Willamette Water Supply System Supports Regional Economy
- Issue 69 - April 2020 - Progress Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Issue 68 - March 2020 - Proactively Managing Costs
- Issue 67 - February 2020 - Safety – More than a Philosophy
- Issue 66 - January 2020 - 2020: A Big Year for Construction Progress
2019
- Issue 65 - December 2019 - Southwest Tile Flat Road Closure
- Issue 64 - November 2019 - Special Role of Willamette Water Supply Program "Community Liaisons"
- Issue 63 - October 2019 - Celebrate With Us! (WIFIA)
- Issue 62 - September 2019 - Water Treatment Plant Site Update
- Issue 61 - August 2019 - Consolidating Two Projects into One: the Metzger Pipeline East Project
- Issue 60 - July 2019 - The City of Beaverton joins the Willamette Water Supply Program!
- Issue 59 - June 2019 - WWSP’s Contribution to the Chicken Creek Restoration Project
- Issue 58 - May 2019 - WWSP's Positive Impact on the Local Economy
- Issue 57 - April 2019 - Transitions in store for Willamette Water Supply Program
- Issue 56 - March 2019 - WWSP Celebrates Team Diversity during Women in Construction Week
- Issue 55 - February 2019 - Reducing the Impacts of Construction
- Issue 54 - January 2019 - “In the News”—A Look Back at 2018
2018
- Issue 53 - December 2018 - New Funding Option Makes for a Happier Holiday
- Issue 52 - November 2018 - Managing Risk While Remaining On-Time and On-Budget
- Issue 51 - October 2018 - Exploring Willamette Water Supply Financing Opportunities
- Issue 50 - September 2018 - Pipeline Construction Creates Unique Training Opportunity
- Issue 49 - August 2018 - Building a Safe Water Future
- Issue 48 - July 2018 - Water Providers Working Together to Make the Region Stronger
- Issue 47 - June 2018 - Willamette Water Supply Program is Staying on Budget
- Issue 46 - May 2018 - Building Regional Resiliency
- Issue 45 - April 2018 - 124th Avenue Partnership Project Educating Local Students
- Issue 44 - March 2018 - Safely Delivered
- Issue 43 - February 2018 - Kinsman Pipeline and Road Project Completed Early and Within Budget
- Issue 42 - January 2018 - A New Year of Resiliency—Looking Ahead to 2018
2017
- Issue 41 - December 2017 - 2017: A Big Year for the Willamette Water Supply Program
- Issue 40 - November 2017 - The Willamette River—Our Reliable Source of Water
- Issue 39 - October 2017 - Cutting Edge Seismic Design
- Issue 38 - September 2017 - A Pipeline is Born
- Issue 37 - August 2017 - WWSP Commits to Supporting the Local Economy
- Issue 36 - July 2017 - Another Willamette Water Supply Program "first"
- Issue 35 - June 2017 - My river, your river, our river, Oregon's river – the Willamette (PART 4 of 4)
- Issue 34 - May 2017 - My river, your river, our river, Oregon's river – the Willamette (PART 3 of 4)
- Issue 33 - April 2017 - My river, your river, our river, Oregon's river – the Willamette (PART 2 of 4)
- Issue 32 - March 2017 - My river, your river, our river, Oregon's river – the Willamette (PART 1 of 4)
- Issue 31 - February 2017 - Congratulations Kerr Contractors Inc.!
- Issue 30 - January 2017 - WWSP Agency Tour & Refining the Pipeline Route
2016
- Issue 29 - December 2016 - Happy Holidays and Building the Willamette Water Supply System Safely
- Issue 28 - November 2016 - Willamette Water Supply Pipeline Construction Begins
- Issue 27 - October 2016 - Tualatin-Sherwood Area Pipeline Route Confirmed
- Issue 26 - September 2016 - Planning the Best Pipeline Route
- Issue 25 - August 2016 - Reducing Impacts by Building with Partners
- Issue 24 - July 2016 - Local Businesses Working on WWSP
- Issue 23 - June 2016 - Building Pipeline & Positive Relationships
- Issue 22 - May 2016 - New Report Tracks Progress
- Issue 21 - April 2016 - Refining the Pipeline Route Through Site Surveys
- Issue 20 - March 2016 - One River, Many Hands Protecting Water Quality
- Issue 19 - February 2016 - Protecting Washington County's Public Health
- Issue 18 - January 2016 - New Year – New Funding Tool!
2015
- Issue 17 - December 2015 - Willamette Water Supply Program Celebrates Groundbreaking
- Issue 16 - November 2015 - Grateful for fall rains and a resilient water supply!
- Issue 15 - October 2015 - Water Partnership Equals Great Results During Hot, Dry Summer
- Issue 14 - September 2015 - Imagine a Day Without Water, and Announcing MWH Americas, Inc.
- Issue 13 - August 2015 - Earthquake Preparedness and National Water Quality Month
- Issue 12 - July 2015 - Smart Irrigation and Water Awareness Month
- Issue 11 - June 2015 - New Willamette Water Supply Program Video, Summer Water Supplies
- Issue 10 - May 2015 - Protecting Natural Resources along the Preferred Route
- Issue 9 - April 2015 - Water filtration process, National Drinking Water Week
- Issue 8 - March 2015 - Preferred pipeline route
- Issue 7 - February 2015 - Benefits of Willamette River, City Council briefings
- Issue 6 - January 2015 - Process for selecting the preferred pipeline route, Program Values
2014
- Issue 5 - December 2014 - Safe Drinking Water Act, Willamette River Watershed Health
- Issue 4 - November 2014 - Pipeline route alternatives
- Issue 3 - October 2014 - Open house dates, partnerships
- Issue 2 - September 2014 - Preparedness month, reliability
- Issue 1 - August 2014 - About Willamette Water Supply Program, website, contact
