Divisions work together in response to water main break
JAN. 2, 2015 — The crews in West Linn Public Works are used to working together. With 16 employees providing daily service to more than 25,000 residents for streets, water, storm and sewer, they have to.
This team approach was put to the test Dec. 3 in the 2500 block of Cambridge Street when they had to act quickly and work together during a water main break. The result of that teamwork was saving not only a newly paved street, but time and taxpayers’ money.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has set Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for water bodies located in the Willamette River Basin. Any agency or municipality that has legal authority over activities or areas that are sources of pollutants that impact water quality are known as Designated Management Agencies (DMAs).
The city of West Linn is proposing to replace the Bolton Reservoir with a new 4-million-gallon reservoir. The 2.5-million-gallon Bolton Reservoir is now 101 years old and was constructed when the city’s population was 1,500. Today, West Linn is home to 25,000 residents with increased water demand.
The city is using a two-phased process to identify a site of the new reservoir.
