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Boil Water Advisory Rivergrove Water District customers are NOT affected by the Boil Water Advisory Notice sent out by the City of Portland today. If you receive water from the Rivergrove Water District, your water is SAFE.
Clackamas County Public AlertEffective immediately (Sunday, Sept 13), the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office is dropping the evacuation level for the populated urban areas North of the Willamette and Clackamas Rivers from Level 1 (Green) back to Level Zero (Normal). This includes Wilsonville, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Happy Valley, Gladstone, Milwaukie, Tualatin, Clackamas and some areas in Damascus and Boring.
THE SKIES ARE CLOUDY BUT YOUR WATER IS SAFEWe want to assure our Rivergrove customers that your water is safe from the effects of the ongoing fires currently in the Clackamas County area. The District's water comes from 3 wells and is stored in three separate reservoirs. This groundwater is pumped directly from the Columbia River Basalt Aquifer and is protected from any contaminants related to the fires.
Reservoir 3 ProjectOn April 14, 2020 the District broke ground on a Capital Improvement project for Reservoir 3. Reservoir 3 is our largest reservoir servicing the majority of the Rivergrove Water District. This project was initiated to retrofit our reservoir to meet current standards of safety. Improvements will include seismic upgrades, water main replacement and slope stabilization of the site. This $2.3M…
Rivergrove Water Leak Adjustment Policy UpdatedWhen I first came to Rivergrove, when a customer had a leak and consequently had a very large water bill, they would inquire at the District office if they could get a break on their bill. Our ordinance did not allow that so our answer was in fact NO we can't. Through the year's that's changed. First, we changed it to allow a credit with requirements of returning the required form with proof of…
District Receives Outstanding Water System AwardWell this news is not new but some good old news. Back in August, 2016, Rivergrove Water District received the Outstanding Water System award from the Drinking Water Section of the Oregon Health Authority. Not only is this a distinguished award for the District, one that I did not expect to see while I was here, but it is saving the District money. Instead of having to have a water system…
