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Intergovernmental Water Board Meeting
Servin: Ti:ard, Kin: Ci , Durham and Unincor.orated Area
AGENDA
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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
5:30 p.m.
1. Call to Order/Roll Call and Introductions
Motion to call meeting to order, staff to take roll call
2. Approval of Minutes—August 22, 2001 and September 26, 2001
Motion from Board for minute approval
3. Tigard Dog Park Committee Request—Michelle Sittel(10 minutes
Committee to discuss possible use of Canterbury site for dog park
4. Long Term Water Update—Ed Wegner(20 minutes)
a. JWC—IWRM
b. Regional Drinking Water Supply Initiative
5. Utility Manager Report—Dennis Koellermeier(15 minutes)
6. Credit for Leak Request Review—Annand '.
Customer unavailable to attend but would like Board to consider request based upon written
documentation. Have provided Board with past practice information from Finance Staff(attached)
7. Informational Items
Items will be discussed briefly if time allows—otherwise printed info will be distributed
• Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy—Final Report August 2001
• Willamette River Water Quality Monitoring Program—Final Report September 2001
• Regional Water Providers Consortium Board Meeting minutes—September 5, 2001
• Portland Water Bureau letter regarding water purchase dated September 21, 2001
• Tigard Times article—October 11,2001 "Portland will add well water to system".
• Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project Monthly Report—September 2001
• Waterweek October 17, 2001 "Billing problems costly for Portland Water Bureau"
• Oregonian article October 18, 2001 "Regional water agency organizational details come up for
comment"
• Tigard Times article October 18, 2001 "Plans for Tigard's future are on schedule"
• Oregonian article October 19, 2001 "Higher bills forecast with Portland water pact"
• Oregonian article October 19,2001 "Drawing water from river on ballot"
• Portland Water Bureau Capital Improvement Program
• Memo from Dennis Koellermeier regarding Summer,2001 Water Operations
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8. Public Comments
Call for any comments from public
9. Non Agenda Items
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Call for any non-agenda items from Board Members. Next meeting date December 12, 2001 at Water
Auditorium
10. Adjournment—Approximate time 7:00 p.m.
Motion for adjournment
Executive Session: The Intergovernmental Water Board may go into Executive Session under the provisions of ORS
192 66!1(!) (d). (a), (I)R (h)to discuss labor relations, real property transactions, current and pending litigation issues and
to consider records that are exempt by law from public inspection. All discussions within this session are confidential;
therefore nothing from this meeting may be disclosed by those present. Representatives of the news media are allowed to
attend this session, but must not disclose any information discussed during this session.
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Intergovernmental Water Board
Meeting Minutes
August 22, 2001
Members Present: Jan Drangsholt, Joyce Patton, Norm Penner, and Bill
Scheiderich (Patrick Carroll arrived late)
Staff Present: Ed Wegner, Dennis Koellermeier and Twila Willson
Visitors: Paul Owen, Roel Lundquist, Kristin Brock (IUG), and Paul
Mathews (IUG)
1. Call to Order, Roll Call and Introductions
Patrick Carroll was not present at the beginning of the meeting.
2. Approval of Minutes—July 11, 2001
Minutes not available for review at this time.
3. Portland Wholesale Contract— Paul Mathews
Ed Wegner introduced Paul Matthews from Integrated Utilities Group who was hired about
eighteen months previously as a consultant to work on the Portland Wholesale Contract along
with Clark Balfour and Phil Smith. There has been a lot going on with the regional water entity
that Commissioner Sten has proposed. Mr. Matthews has been making presentations to
update all those he has been working as a consultant for on the Portland Wholesale Contract.
Kristin Brock from IUG was also there and has been working on this project.
Mr. Mathews indicated there have been leadership challenges with the billing system and
political changes in the City of Portland. Several months ago we discussed some of the risks
to the negotiations and one of those risks was political changes in Portland. There are six
other utilities involved in the negotiations.
The current contract with Portland is expiring. Tigard has the last contract to expire. They
were 25-year contracts requiring 3-year advance notice if the participant wants out of the
contract, otherwise the contract will automatically renew for another 25 years. Portland
recently introduced the regional approach; however, those near the end of their contract have
a disadvantage. The regional approach may not work out. There are many benefits to
regionalization. Viable alternatives are necessary. A 25-year contract is a good alternative,
but it needs to be fair, suitable for long term water supply and livable with over the 25-year
period of time.
The current contract with Portland is based on vendor-customer relationship. Portland takes
the risks and the money and we take the water. The low-energy concept of the proposed
contract will not change the governance of the contract.
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Mr. Mathews briefly explained the methodology of the current contract with Portland and the
rate structure which is based on fixed charges and volume charges (based on budget, not
expenditures). In the revised price proposal the 0 & M is based on historical expenditures,
capital costs based on actual use, original cost depreciation and return rate based on
Portland's interest rate on long term debt.
The proposal would take a three-year average of expenditures and make adjustments for
inflation and use that figure as a goal. If Portland beats the goal by bringing their costs below
that goal, they will make money. If they exceed the goal, they will lose some money. This is
an incentive for Portland to manage their costs more aggressively.
The ultra low energy alternative interim contract proposal would extend all notice dates to
2004 (which is the same date as Tigard's deadline) and have an option to leave the system
in ten years or no later than 2014. It takes longer than three years to plan, design, and build
or create a source of supply. Tualatin Valley Water District (TVWD) took the ultra low energy
proposal before their board and they were in favor of this alternative.
How is Tigard affected? If Portland agrees with TVWD to this type of entry/exit strategy,
Tigard may want to pursue this option also. That way it would be possible to give notice in
2004 if a regional alternative is not formed by then, and it would allow a ten year extension of
time to provide water to the citizens.
Mr. Wegner explained that the low energy alternative would free up our staff as well as other
participant's staff to look at the regionalization plan. The negotiations of the peaking factor
would be lost, but seven years with the existing contract would be gained which would bring
results by 2004 on the Scoggins Dam Feasibility Study. Another ten years to 2014 would be
needed to build the dam. It would take that long to get on a regionalization plan as well.
Paul Mathews reiterated that getting the low energy contract done would also give time to
create regionalization. He said that if we failed to come together on the low energy contract,
he does not see how a regional system could ever be pulled together. Let TVWD take the
lead in pursuing the low energy contract with Portland for now, then step in and follow suit.
Commissioner Patton stated it would not be good to pull out of the low energy proposal at
this time, but important also to continue negotiations for a regional system. It is in the best
interest of the IWB to hang in there for now.
Further discussion of peaking costs brought out that it now costs the City of Portland
approximately$250,000 per year the way peaking is set up. Portland wants to fix that part
of the agreement as well. There have been many changes in Portland's staff recently.
Portland has been concentrating on working on their billing problems. There is commitment
from their staff to move forward. The attempt is to present the proposal as two parts; the low
energy alternative will be valuable information in the regionalization. The regional system
will create equality.
Mr. Wegner said that Commissioner Sten realizes that modifications to the existing contract
are necessary and that staff effort is critical for'regional success. Commissioner Patton
agreed and added that Commissioner Sten has been contacting the elected representatives
of the interested entities. She has made it clear to him that an interim contract is needed
and there is also interest in a regionalization.
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Mr. Mathews stated that the low energy proposal should be used as leverage. Namely, if we
cannot get the easy (limited) step done, we cannot get the harder(regional) step done.
Protocol should be established. Mr. Wegner added that the smaller interested entities need
to show Portland that we can look at both the regionalization and low energy alternative and
that Portland with their massive staff should be able to put together teams to do both as well.
Commissioner Patton said that Commissioner Sten wants to get the water bureau out of the
City of Portland and create a regional operation. Portland needs money to defray costs and
to develop plans to put a third dam on the Bull Run. Capital expenditures will be looked at
differently under a regional operation. Regionally there could be a better way than building
a third dam on Bull Run. Possibly Scoggins Dam would be more feasible or any of three or
four other sources that could be tied into the system. The City of Portland's 'key players'
realize the need for give and take. They need to divide staff to multi-task on these issues.
4. Long Term Water Update— Ed Wegner
Regional Water Services Initiative Group (Portland, Tualatin Valley Water District, Clean
Water Services (formerly USA), Clackamas River Water, Tualatin, Powell Valley, Gresham,
Tigard, Beaverton) has been meeting regularly on Mondays to gather key issue points to
give to the entities elected officials. Commissioner Sten is preparing a letter to send to all
the elected officials. He is to report to his council the end of September on the progress that
is being made. On September 5th he will be making a presentation to the Regional Water
Consortium Board Meeting. The group is looking into splitting the costs of the consultant,
Ed Tenney, who has acted as a facilitator and has been very influential.
Scoggins Dam Reservoir—The steering committee will meet next Wednesday. RFP's have
been received from Montgomery Watson Harza and Camp Dressler McKee. They have
been interviewed and are being critiqued. A decision will be made on Wednesday as to who
will be selected to do the work.
Joint Water Commission—starting to work on the CIP.
5. Utility Manager Report— Dennis Koellermeier
Clute Property—The City Attorney and Community Development Director have met and
agree that the IWB's desire to restrict the density on the Clute property is problematic.
Suggestions were made to have the Board retain a development consultant to prepare a
shadow plan of the Clute property to show maximum possibilities for development. The
attorney will investigate the legalities of putting a conservation easement on the property to
remove portions from the density.
Mr. Wegner stated that Tigard's Community Development Department would not develop the
conservation easement plans. They evaluate the easements, but do not create and design
those plans. An RFP would have to be the course of action if that is what the Board
recommends. Commissioner Scheiderich asked if Metro would be interested in joining in the
project through an IGA or other non-profit organizations or the Audubon.
Mr. Wegner stated that the trail on the property had been completed.
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ASR—Tigard has met with Water Resources Department for the license process. A website
link will be developed so interested people can receive updates on the ASR project. A new
well will be drilled and the old well will be used as a monitoring well. A neighborhood
meeting will be held so the residents in that area know that the project would be noisy.
Summer Peaking— Dennis distributed an updated worksheet report. There were two days
where the demand exceeded production. There were ten days where the mgd was over
10 mgd. The weather has helped. The peak to date is 11.6 mgd.
Tualatin Intertie -The physical work is complete. Dennis distributed a copy of the IGA with
Tualatin.
Commissioner Scheiderich asked if the Board had recommendations for the staff to look into
a design of a conservation easement to satisfy the Clute property neighbors. The Board
does not want to incur costs. Staff was directed to inquire about the Clute property easement
from neutral parties at no cost.
6. Informational Items
• Willamette Water Supply Agency Meeting Minutes— May 30, 2001
• WRD—Water Supply and Conservation Report—June 2001
• Tualatin Valley Water District Letter regarding water rates for 2001
• Water demands for August 2001
• City of Portland letter— Lead and Copper
• Bull Run Dispatch—July 12, 2001
• Memo regarding IWRM Water Supply Project Progress Report—August 1, 2001
• Tigard Times conservation article—August 9, 2001
Mr. Wegner mentioned an additional information item was that Dennis Koellermeier was
on a Citizens for Safe Water program called Water Spot. Dennis talked about the ASR
project. Citizens for Safe Water were very supportive of Tigard's ASR project in their
broadcast. Dennis did an outstanding job. The broadcast can be viewed on local
channels 3, 9, or 23 on the following dates:
Saturday, August 25 8 am
Monday, August 27 7 am
Wednesday, August 29 6 pm
Included in the packet was a colored graph of a three-year comparison showing that water
consumption was down even though growth in the area was up. Conservation has been
good. We have to watch our revenues and expenditures in the water business. The region
also shows water sales are down.
7. Public Comments - None
8. Non-Agenda Items
9. Adjournment
The next meeting will be held on September 12, 2001. The Intergovernmental Water
Board meeting was adjourned at 7:05 pm.
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Intergovernmental Water Board
Meeting Minutes
September 26, 2001
Members Present: Patrick Carroll, Jan Drangsholt, Bill Scheiderich, Norm
Penner, and Joyce Patton
Staff Present: Ed Wegner, Dennis Koellermeier, Rich Sattler, Sara
Danz, and Kathy Kaatz
Visitors: Roel Lundquist and Henrietta Cochrun
1. Call to Order, Roll Call and Introductions
2. Approval of Minutes— No minutes
3. Long Term Water Update— Ed Wegner
Joint Water Commission (JWC)— Integrated Water Resource Managers (IWRM)—
The IWRM Committee interviewed two consulting teams. The committee selected
Montgomery Watson Harza to perform the feasibility study for raising the Scoggins
Dam or other alternatives to bringing water into the Hagg Lake watershed. They
will begin the two-year process this month. Money has already been budgeted for
the study.
Regional Drinking Water Supply Initiative— (Name selected by the ten staff
members participating in the investigation of the initiative to open the Bull Run that
was suggested by Portland's Commissioner Eric Sten) Portland, Powell Valley,
Gresham, Rockwood, Clackamas River Water, Tigard, Tualatin, Tualatin Valley.
Water District, Beaverton, and Clean Water Services (aka USA) are the
participants in the group.
• Meetings have been held weekly
• Input from the various meetings is being used for developing criteria
• Supply and transmission only
• Distribution can be opened for consideration later on
• Adequate and assured quantity of supply
• Integration of multiple supplies (i.e. — Clackamas River, JWC, etc.)
• Set up with participating member representation — Board member or elected
officials by appointment
• Can incur debt, if necessary, to build additional supply, etc. —would not have
to go back to each member agency to bond their portion
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The next step will be a public meeting on October 18 (meeting location to be
announced). Citizens for Safe Water and the Bull Run Heritage Foundation have
asked for a public meeting to hear where staff is on criteria. Reconsideration will
be made then. No money value or timetable involved yet. It is in the governance,
conceptual stages. The criteria should be ready the end of November.
Commissioner Drangsholt asked what Clean Water Services had to do with
Scoggins Dam. Mr. Wegner informed the Board that they own water rights for
fish flows.
4. Utility Manager Report— Dennis Koellermeier
Mr. Koellermeier informed the Board that he would also be discussing security
issues as part of this report.
We made it through the summer and all went well due to dedicated staff members
who did innovative things.
Summer Supply— Rich Sattler (Water Quality and Supply Supervisor)
A summer supply operation was the approach that was taken early on because
of talk about restrictions or curtailments. Staff had a plan in place to utilize our
capacity. Some of the things that were done involved voluntary efforts, more
staff involvement and becoming more familiar with our system. Mandatory
restrictions were avoided.
Summer Conservation — Sara Danz (Conservation Coordinator)
The City of Tigard promoted even/odd watering days based on the address. The
program was introduced through Citizen Involvement Teams, Cityscape and
Tigard Times articles, displays at City facilities, door hangers and flyers.
A regional effort for conservation by the West Side Providers was made through
video ads and billboards. The weather was cooperative as well. The summer
peak was 11.6 mgd compared with 13 mgd for last summer.
Mr. Koellermeier added that both these staff members worked very long hours to
promote the effects that received these favorable results. In checking data on the
temperature for the summer months, the temperature was only .5 degree cooler
than the average. That would definitely indicate a conservation improvement. The
regional efforts, as well as energy issues, have proved to be effective.
Mr. Wegner told the Board that this was the first year for Rich Sattler, Sara Danz,
and Dennis Koellermeier in their positions with the City of Tigard. Through their
efforts there is now a written document concerning the water system that can be
used for future reference.
Mr. Koellermeier proceeded to provide information on security in the water lik
business in light of what happened September 11th and the dates following. He
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had received several telephone calls from citizens concerned with the security of
the water system. Day to day practices are in good shape. We will continue to
visually look at the system and not just at electronic or technical data. Some things
will be worked into the budget process to upgrade, but nothing too costly. The
American Water Works Association (AWWA) has taken a leadership role in the
communication and dissemination of information from the FBI or other agencies.
Special notification procedures are in place if there are renewed threats. There is
a heightened sense of security.
ASR Update — Drilling of the well at Canterbury has begun. About 20 feet was
done today in a test run. Neighborhood notification efforts have occurred and a
website is being developed for updated information on the project. The estimated
depth for the new well is 600 feet. The old well has been taken off line and will be
re-sleeved to repair the crack.
Commissioner Scheiderich asked for an update on the Barrows Rd. intertie project.
Dennis said the project was progressing well. He will be working on preparing an
IGA with Beaverton. Beaverton will be taking the lead and construction will begin
in the spring.
5. Water Service Line Maintenance Program — Ed Wegner
In March Clackamas River Water brought before the Regional Water Consortium
an idea to provide a water service maintenance program. The program is defined
as "a mechanism that provides for repairing or replacing the customer's water
service line between the water meter and the customer's house exclusive of all
other water lines or apparatuses on the customer's premises".
Basically, the user would pay a fee to cover necessary repairs. If this is something
that the IWB is interested in pursuing, a staff person would be provided to work on
a task force with other agencies. Mr. Wegner provided a copy of the program for
their review. The document reports on the benefits to the customer and to the
water provider. Italso contains information on the average failure rate. The repair
work would most likely be contracted out and would not include such things as
irrigation systems or hot tubs, but the service line only.
There was a brief discussion about pursuing this proposed program. It was the
consensus of opinion that the IWB had no interest to pursue the program.
Mr. Wegner mentioned that Gresham has a conservation rebate program that
might be of more interest to this area.
6. Credit for Leak Request—Annand
The Finance Department forwarded the credit request to Public Works. The
residents are out of town and unable to attend the meeting. The Board reviewed
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and discussed the information provided. The Board requested that Tom lmdieke
from the Finance Department attend the next meeting to review the past policy.
7. Informational Items
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• Oregonian article August 28, 2001 "Bull Run experiment aims to help fish
habitat"
8. Public Comments - None
9. Non-Agenda Items
There was a brief discussion about the dog park. It has been difficult to locate dog
parks in neighborhoods. Property behind Fowler owned by the school and property
behind COE Manufacturing has been looked at. John Roy is the representative
and has been out of town at a conference.
Clute Property update — Nothing has been done at this time. The property is not
on the market yet. Metro is not interested. Research on how to preserve a portion
of the site for conservation purposes should be completed for the next meeting and
reported on by Dennis Koellermeier. A soft trail is in that goes to the top of the hill
with one easement.
10. Adjournment
The Intergovernmental Water Board meeting adjourned at 6:16 p.m.
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Michelle Sittel
Sept. 10,2001
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Member At Large
Bill Scheiderich ••
10810 SW Garden Park Place
Tigard,OR 97223
Dear Mr. Scheiderich:
I am writing on behalf of the Tigard Dog Park Task Force, a citizen group that is
working with the City to create dog parks in Tigard. For the past year,we have been
exploring potential sites. Our primary obstacle has been finding a suitable and
affordable piece of property. We are looking for an acre or more of land in a location
that would minimize conflict with other outdoor use.
The only existing dog park in Tigard is one-quarter acre and is showing
considerable wear-and-tear from overuse. We have heard from dog owners throughout
the city who support the creation of more•dog parks.The need is there, but finding a
large enough site has proven elusive.
`-' The Task Force would like to be placed on the agenda for the Water Board's next
meeting. We would like to talk to the Board about potential use of the property at
10490 SW Canterbury Lane for a dog park.
Last year City staff spoke with the Board about using the reservoir site at Bull
Mountain and 125th Street We truly appreciated the Board's willingness to allow us to
pursue the use of that site as a temporary dog park. After meeting with the neighbors,
however.we chose not proceed with that property because of their concerns.
We would like to thank the Board for its time and consideration. If you have any
questions,you may contact me at 503-620-0837 or 503-684-5580. We have been
working with John Roy(ext.335)and Duane Roberts(ext.347)at the City of Tigard. If
you have any questions of them,the City's number is 503-639-4171.
Sincerely,
Michelle Sittel
Tigard Dog Park Task Force Member
MEMORANDUM
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FROM: Ed Wegner, Public Works Director
RE: Regional Drinking Water Agency Initiative
DATE: November 5, 2001
In a status report dated October 16, 2001, I mentioned an upcoming Public Meeting that
was held on October 18, 2001. The attachments are a result of that meeting, including
verbatim notes from groups and individuals, draft II of Summary of Cooperative Water
Organization and the revised Proposed Criteria.
Please bring this packet along with the status report to the next IWB meeting on
November 14th, since we will be reviewing this material during the update on long-term
water.
Thank you!
C: Dennis Koellermeier
Regional Drinking Water Supply Initiative
Final Proposed Criteria
Illustrating Changes Made As A Result of Public Comment
October 22, 2001
1. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency will have responsibility to
provide all water supplyand transmission to its members.
2. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency will develop and protect
sources in the Region that meet quality standards and quantity requirements
established by its members.
3. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency will have a reliable supply of
water to meet current and future needs,with backup supplies to meet
seasonal or emergency needs.
4. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency will plan for and build capital
improvements to meet all supply and transmission needs of its members.
5. Member will assign their water rights and supply and transmission facilities
to the Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency.
6. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency will be responsible for meeting
state and federal water quality standards at the point of delivery to the
members.
7. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency will make the most efficient
and effective use of water resources,consistent with sustainable development,
best management practices and integrated resource management strategies,
to meet the needs of its members.
8. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency will be created under Oregon
law to have the full and usual municipal powers provided under Oregon law,
including but not limited to,the ability to set rates and charges,collect
revenues,issue debt,hire staff and enter into agreements.
9. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency will be an enterprise utility,
obtaining its revenues from rates,charges and issuance of debt related to the
sale and delivery of water.
- 10. Each member will have representation on.the Agency's Board.of Directors.
11. Individual customers receiving water from the Regional Drinking Water
Agency will have direct access to the Agency's Board of Directors and to the
elected public officials of the members.
Regional Drinking Water Supply Initiative
Participant's Staff Final Proposed Criteria(page 2)
12. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency is intended to be organized
and operated to minimize duplication or inefficiencies resulting from
separate supply ownership and management of supplies.
13. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency will have the authority to
modify its responsibilities and services as agreed to by the members.
14. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency will participate in the
programs and activities among the watersheds of its sources.
15. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency will be created under existing
Oregon law.
16. Creation of the Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency will not result in
increased overall rates for water by virtue of combining infrastructure and
operations. Expansion and improvement of services,increased regulation,
and other factors may,however,result in increased rates in the future.
17. The Regional Drinking Water Supply Agency may contract for the sale of
water to non-member agencies.
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Ed Wegner, Public works Director
FROM: Dennis Koellermeier, Utility Manager
RE: Summer, 2001 Water Operations
DATE: October 31, 2001
Operating the water system through the summer of 2001 proved to be an interesting
challenge for the Public Works Department. This memo will explain the scenario we
faced, the planning and operation of our response to that scenario, and most
importantly the results we were able to achieve.
The Scenario
Summer of 2001 found Tigard anticipating peak day demands in excess of 13MGD. At
the same time we had a maximum capacity from combined sources of 11.3 MGD. The
weather predictions were gloomy, Rainfall was at 38% of normal, and 18 of 36 Oregon
counties had declared drought emergencies. Forecasts predicted a dry summer. The
Tualatin /Trask watershed was at 40% of normal. The Bull Run watershed was the only
bright spot, in that late spring rains had allowed a complete recharge of Bull Run
Reservoir.
On the operational side we also faced going into this water management period with a
new staff. Rich Sattler, Water Quality and Supply Supervisor, and myself, the Utility
Manager were both new to our jobs. Previous operators were very experienced and
worked from experience; thus they had not developed written operational manuals. It is
fair to say we were a little nervous about the situation.
Planning and Operations
Due to the situation decribed above,a lot of thought, discussion, and research happened
during the late spring of this year. Those efforts can be generally grouped into three
categories of effort.
• Planning
After our initial assessment of the anticipated water source options, water use
predictions, weather predictions, and operational control tools,staff met w/our
consulting Engineers to confirm our understanding of the issues. We then
prepared an operational outline and decision-making matrix that ultimately
became our"Summer Operational Plan-2001". I have attached a copy of this
document for your review and for the review of other readers. The key element in
this plan is the predictive element, where we use historical data to predict future
loads on the system. We found that the correlation between temperature and
system demand was consistent enough for us to keep our daily forecasts within
10% of actual use all summer.
• Maximizing The Water System
We did several things that allowed us to maximize our use of the system, or allow
us to obtain more water.
We advertised and sponsored a voluntary even-odd watering restriction.We
know it was effective because we had numerous calls reporting violators to our
voluntary program.
Working with the City of Tualatin,we developed a new inter-tie between Tigard
and Tualatin. While we did not have to use this connection this year we expect
this connection to offer us approximately 1.5 MGD during the peak season.
On a similar note we re-established our working relationship with Lake Oswego
staff, and obtained an offer for water from their system. While we did not need to
use this connection it was available.
Lastly, we continued our participation in the regional conservation effort, in
addition to those efforts we applied locally. While we admit we were able to ride
the national efforts of conservation advertised by the federal government, the
energy industry and the water industry, we were able to shave 9% off the peak
day set last year. That equates to 1.5 MGD. We will have to be very creative to
duplicate the effectiveness of this conservation effort in future years.
• Communications
We made a very conscious effort to increase our communications though the
summer season. From new and different ways to communicate our conservation
message (Billboards and radio spots)to interdepartmental sessions to find ways
to reduce our internal water use (cutbacks in irrigation and less car washing), we
improved on our past efforts to tell the customers about the situation. Simply put,
it worked, we were successful, and our customers answered the call. We learned
a lot and have many new communications tools to use in the future.
The Results
The short version is we were successful. We accomplished the following:
• During the 55 days of drawdown our system never dropped out of our"blue" stage,
which means we always had at least 16 MG in storage. That equates to
approximately 36 hours of peak storage.
• Protected the City of Tigard from peaking surcharges from Portland.
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• Educated a new group of water system operators in the unique aspects of summer
water system management. We documented this education for the benefit of future
operators.
• Educated the customer base on conservation.
• Improved communications between customers, decision makers and ' ff.
We will take these lessons learned into our planning for next year. We no* have a
better understanding of what our water system, our staff, and our customers can do.
I also would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our staff for their efforts and
dedication to this event. While all our staff played an important role I would like to single
out Rich Sattler and Sara Danz for their efforts. These two individuals not only had an
important role to fill in our process but also had to constantly be flexible as new ideas
and solutions were conceived, tried or abandoned. Their patience was tried several
times and they maintained a positive demeanor throughout the summer.
Attachment: Summer Operational.Plan: 2001
City of Tigard • •
Public Works Department
—Water Division--
Summer Operational Plan
2001
Introduction
• Purpose of this plan
Due to several significant and unanticipated changes to the historical method by which the City
of Tigard Public Works Department managed summer peaking in the water system, this plan
has been produced. Those changes included changes in key water management personnel
and the loss of a major water supplier.
The functional purpose of this plan was to research and record the many details, nuances and
knowledge accumulated over time by the system operators and engineers and organize it into
a useful format that would aid the current water management team. This effort was used to
produce an operations plan that allows operators and decision-makers the information and
time to make critical decisions affecting water supplies.
Current maximum capacity for supply this summer is 11.3 MGD. This compares to an
anticipated peak day in the system of appox. 13 MGD. Based on data recorded for the last 3
summers we can expect system demand to exceed our maximum daily supply. Specificalr'-
taking into account last years historical data, we can expect this to happen 25 days times
summer. We are very vulnerable to the consecutive days (4-5) when this happens. By
operating our system at the high end(full), using weather forecasts and planning in advance
we are taking efforts to minimize our vulnerability. This fact requires careful use of storage
capacities and timely decision making.
Tigard is currently implementing an active, multifaceted water conservation program and has
asked citizens to voluntarily submit to an even/odd watering restriction. The City of Tigard has
also implemented internal efforts to reduce water use, through watering cutbacks, vehicle
washing etc. Any further conservation efforts in Tigard will have to cross the line from voluntary
to mandatory.
in summary, managing the Tigard water system through the summer season is challenging
and demands close attention and critical decision making. This document was produced to•aid
in that process.
Summer 2001 Operational Plan August 6,2001
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• System Overview
Our system has the ability to store 24.4 million gallons of water in 13 reservoirs, ranging in size
of.20 mg to 10 mg. Three pressure zones are tied to these reservoirs/storage volumes
(pressure zones are based on elevation above sea level). Our upper zone 713'is located at
the summit of Bull Mt with ultimate storage of 2.4 mg. The 10-mg reservoir is referred to as
zone 470'and sometimes called terminal reservoir. Remaining is the 410', which includes 9
reservoirs totally 12 mg.
As mentioned, Tigard purchases water from other sources with a small percentage of our
water, 1.1 mgd being produced by our own deep wells. Since Lake Oswego one of our
previous sources of water, no longer have the need/ability to sell us the quantity of water we
historically obtained, we are faced with juggling supply against demand. Our system is able to
purchase from 2 outside sources during summer months, Portland and TVWD. The Portland
(Bradley connections) gives us the ability to withdrawn 5800 gpm or 8.4 mgd. TVWD (Baylor
St.) has restricted capacity of 1250 gpm or 1.8 mgd.
We are heavily dependent on automation of our system, which gives the ability to manipulate
our system. This automation is controlled through a Supervisory Control Acquisition Data
Advisor or SCADA system. All reservoirs, pumps and supply sources are monitored with the
ability to make changes to each function of our water system. We currently monitor our water
system 24 hours a day 7 days a week with a laptop computer and modem.
Summer 2001 Operational Plan August 6,2001
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• Operational Plan '
Reservoir Levels will be our indicators for the operation of our water system. With the aid of our
master plan, consulting engineer(MSA), and experience of staff a "next step"outline has been mar
to make time sensitive decisions.
A combined total volume (million gallons of water) in reservoir volume will be one of the indicator for
the necessary level of awareness. With the ultimate total volume of 24.4 mg being completely full
(topped out) and minimum storage of 8.85 mg being essential for fire/safety and life we have
developed color/stage bands to signify levels of awareness
Stage/Condition Storage Available Action Steps
Stage I — Blue 24.4 mg to 16 mg Normal Operation—no outside involvement
Stage II — Green 16 mg to 12 mg Utilize ultimate capacities of supplies
Contact Lake Oswego about potential water
purchase
Contact City of Beaverton about potential water
purchase
Forecast shortfall optimize system
Transfer water between zone/reservoirs
Manipulate system semi-manually with SCADA
Notify TVFR of water supply
12 mg to 8.85 mg Contact Lake Oswego for water
Contact City of Beaverton for water
Contact TVWD to exceed allotment
Contact MSA (Consulting Engineer)
TVFR to notify us of fire
Forecast shortfall and evaluate, monitor
Notify media to broadcast voluntary restrictions
Prepare for mandatory curtailment
Stage IV— Red 8.85 mg to 0 mg Emergency/Mandatory Curtailment
Director to contact Lake Oswego/Beaverton
TVFR to notify us of fire
Initiate mandatory water curtailment
Monitor system for optimization, shuttle water
Implement mandatory curtailment
Declare emergency— Council action
Use media—distribute message
Staff to enforce curtailment
Summer 2001 Operational Plan August 6,2001
Page 3
' : • Briefing
With the need to make timely judgements, we have put together a team of staff to evaluate the water
system on a bi-weekly basis. These meeting will be held Monday's and Thursday's throughout our
summer peak operations. Meetings will start at 9:35 am in Public Works, conference room. Stage 111
and IV will necessitate daily updates of current status. The Water Quality& Supply Supervisor will
lead meeting with the Utility Manager as alternate.
Main components of meeting:
• Forecasted weather,
• Forecasted daily demand
• Current reservoir/water system status,
• Staff member monitoring system after-hours,
• Predict and act on level of awareness in operational decisions
• Confirm assignments of staff
•
• Resource List
Organization Division Contact Number
City of Lake Treatment Plant 503-635-0394
Oswego
Director of Maintenance Duane Cline 503-635-0820(work)
503-644-1725 (home)
City of Operations Rick Weaver 503-526-2646(work)
Beaverton 503-539-4846 (cell)
Engineering Dave Winship 503-526-2434 (work)
503-807-2747(cell)
City of Portland Control Center 503-823-1560
Randy Hawley 503-823-1563 (pager)
Todd Humphreys 503-823-7504 (pager)
TVWD Engineering Gary Pippin 503-642-1511 (day/after hours)
City of Tigard Public Works Director Ed Wegner 503-639-5789 (home)
Utility Manager Dennis Koellermeier 503-655-2732 (home)
City Manager Bill Monahan 503-639-9702 (home)
Asst to City Manager Liz Newton 503-579-9276(home)
Water Quality/Supply Rich Sattler 503-920-1968(pager)
Supr 503-780-8378 (cell)
503-537-0834 (home)
Water Ops Supr Sam Morrison 503-443-6027(home)
Engr Tech Ken Fisher 503-761-0232 (home)
503-237-9531 (pager)
Murray Smith & Consulting Engr Chris Uber 503-225-9010 (office)
Assoc 503-237-7738 (pager)
TVF&R South Division Chief 503-692-7298 (office)
503-692-1479 (fax)
503-920-1606 (cell)
JWC Treatment Plant Kari Borg 503-615-6670
Summer 2001 Operational Plan August 6,2001
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August 2001
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
WHAT IS THE INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY?
The Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Strategy is a framework of
agreement on major water resources issues, developed by the primary water
management agencies and water resources stakeholders in the Tualatin River Basin.
The IWRM Strategy considers water resources needs in the Tualatin River Basin
from a watershed-wide perspective, and encompasses a broad range of water quality
and water quantity concerns.
The IWRM Strategy has been developed by the Water Managers Group (WMG) of
Washington County, representing municipal water supply, agricultural water users,
wastewater and stormwater management and county facilities managers. Review and
input to the project was provided by the Tualatin River Watershed Council (TRWC).
The TRWC is comprised of citizens and representatives from the agricultural,
business, education, environmental, urban and forestry communities, and local
government.
These agencies and groups were able to create a coherent, responsible strategy
because of their common understanding of the need for collaborative and
cooperative water resources management in the Tualatin Basin. Prior to initiation of
the IWRM project in 1998, the WMG in collaboration with the TRWC adopted a
vision statement that expressed their overall mission with respect to future water
resources management efforts in the Basin. Their vision is:
'To collaboratively manage water resources to provide the greatest collective benefit':
This vision provides a common focus for the diverse participants in the IWRM
project. The vision emphasizes cooperation and coordination as opposed to
fragmented and narrowly focused responsibilities.
WHY DO WE NEED WATER RESOURCES PLANNING?
There are three principal components of recognized beneficial water use in
Washington County: municipal and industrial demand (M&I), agricultural demand
and instream flow demand. Water resources information for these demand sectors
was evaluated based on existing information. Water demands were summarized for
current conditions, and major demands were projected to the year 2050. This
information provides a snapshot of how water is currently distributed in the Basin,
and anticipates what this picture might look like 50 years from now.
Instream flow demands are not currently being met in the River's mainstem during a
dry year, based on CWS's flow target of 150 cfs at the Farmington gage. An
additional volume of about 15,000 AF would need to be put in the river during the
Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy page ES-I
Executive Summary •
Final Report
E - r r_ 3 `,1`rt .'..
180-day low flow period from May 1 to October 31 in a dry year to achieve this
target. The effect of the ESA or other regulations must be considered, as their
implications become known. It should be noted that the "dry year" scenario has
been based on records from 1992, which provides a limited picture of dry year water
needs over the long term.
Significant municipal demand increases are projected for the year 2050 due to
population growth. Deficits of. 10 BG (31,000 AF) for the peak season are
anticipated. Multiple assumptions create uncertainties in these demands, and changes
in political conditions or environmental regulation could accelerate or delay these
needs. The role of future municipal conservation will affect these demands, as will
any modifications to the Portland system that are under consideration at this time.
Agriculture is assumed to maintain its current levels of water demand to the year
2050. This demand includes an allocation of 27,000 AF for the TVID and an
assumed demand of 12,000 AF for non-TVID irrigators. It has not been assumed
that new sources of water inust be developed to satisfy agricultural demand. The
role of agricultural conservation and other technologies and trends in crop types will
also play a role in determining long-term demands.
Total potential "new" water supply needs to the year 2050 reach about 45,000 AF,
considering municipal and ins tream needs. These figures represent worst case
assumptions. For example, for these figures assume no importation of Portland
supply. The purchase of water on a wholesale contract basis from the City•of
Portland is an ongoing practice and will be important to maintaining reliable water
supplies in the near term. However, the projected peak season demand figures given
here illustrate the reliance of Washington County on imported water to meet
municipal demands. Alternatives to meet projected long-term water demands should
be carefully evaluated to determine the best mix of supply strategies.
WHAT DOES THE IWRM STRATEGY SAY?
The Strategy is a series of policy objectives related to water quality and water quantity
management in the Basin. The WMG has established policies and recommendations
in seven key areas. More detail and discussion on each of these strategy areas is
given in Section 4 of this report. The major elements of the IWRM Strategy are
summarized briefly below:
Protection of Tualatin River Tributaries. Health of the tributaries is critical to
maintaining Tualatin River water quality and flow goals, and is a fundamental part of
watershed health. Establish minimum flow targets for the tributaries. Actively
manage consumptive uses of tributary flows. Improve the ecological condition of
tributaries through wetland and riparian area restoration, and land management
practices. Develop small, multi-purpose storage projects to augment low flows in
tributaries. Evaluate opportunities for replacement of tributary supplies for irrigation
with other sources of water.
Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy page ES-2
Executive Summary
Final Report
• EXECUTIVE SUMMAR7
Efficient Use of Water. Conservation is an additional source of water to meet
future needs. Implement municipal conservation programs as part of the Regional
Water Supply Plan process. Encourage and promote agricultural conservation in
coordination with the TRWC Watershed Action Plan.
Stormwater Management. Support the CWS's current efforts to renew and
improve the Surface Water Management (SWM) program. Work with TRWC to
fulfill Watershed Action Plan objectives for stormwater management throughout the
Basin.
Flood Management. Increase the natural flood storage capacity of the Tualatin
River. Promote responsible land use practices and legal restrictions on floodplain
development. Develop small, multi-purpose storage projects to provide flood
control, benefits. Evaluate the potential of expanding flood storage capacity at
Scoggins Reservoir.
Water Supply. Pursue all viable alternatives to ensure a reliable, safe and cost-
effective water supply to meet future needs. Principal supply options at this time
include expansion of imports from the City of Portland, development of the
Willamette River and expansion of Hagg Lake.
Wastewater Reuse. Highly treated wastewater effluent is an important water
resource in the Basin. Continue the direct release of this water to the Tinnlntin River,
as a demonstrated beneficial use for maintenance of instream flows and water
quality. Pursue the use of recycled effluent for other consumptive uses, i.e. irrigation
when these uses are economically feasible,publicly acceptable and demonstratedear
environmental benefit. The true cost of recycled wastewater should reflect
treatment, transport and distribution costs, as well as the cost of replacement water
to meet instream flow needs.
lEnvironmental Health. Make water resources choices that improve the overall
environmental health of the Tualatin Basin, and promote the health of streams,
reservoirs,rivers,wetlands and the terrestrial environment.
WHERE Do WE Go FROM HERE?
1
Implementation of the IWRM Strategy
The Integrated Water Management Strategy should be viewed as a dynamic work
that will require periodic reexamination, updating and refinement as it is
implemented. This continuous process of reevaluation will ensure that the Strategy
developed today will remain a useful tool for water resources management well into
the future.
In fact,the development of this cooperative Strategy is just the first step. More work
needs to be done to put these concepts and principles into practice. Some of the
Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy page ES-3
Executive Summary
Final Report
E E.:4 TnVE SUMMARY
most challenging steps lie ahead, in the development of specific programs and
practices to achieve the important objectives that have been discussed.
The next major step in the IWRM process will be to refine roles and responsibilities
for implementation of the Strategy. In part, this means a renewed commitment from
individual water management agencies to implement existing programs. For
example, the municipal water providers have reinforced their commitment to water
conservation in the IWRM process. This commitment does not require new plans,
programs or authorities. However, some aspects of this IWRM Strategy"break new
ground" and will require discussion of how these activities can be accomplished
most effectively and efficiently. In some cases, this may mean an expansion of
existing plans and programs that are already in place.
In addition, public interest in and support for the IWRM Strategy is critical to its
success_ In order for the Strategy to be fully implemented, it must be supported by
all of,the water users in the Basin that will be affected by it In fact, the IWRM
Strategy will affect anyone who lives,works and recreates in the Tualatin Basin. The
job of public education and communication is made easier by the fact that most
people understand and actively support the importance of planning for future water
needs, as well as the importance of managing water quality in the Tualatin River and
its tributaries.
Priority Action Needs
Two action areas should be priorities for implementation, based on their ability to
satisfy multiple policy objectives of the IWRM Strategy. These include:
• Promote wetland and riparian restoration projects. This action achieves
multiple objectives, by the restoration of tributary health, retention of
stormwater, floodwater retention and improved environmental health of the
Basin.
• Evaluate opportunities for small in-line or off-line storage. This could
be an important measure for restoring flow to the tributaries, as well as
providing stormwater and floodwater retention. Small storage could also
provide wetland and habitat benefits to improve the overall environmental
health of the Basin.
Other priority elements for action include:
• Implement tributary management activities. This should include an
evaluation of replacing tributary irrigation water with other supplies.
• Evaluate new sources of supply to meet future water needs in the
Basin. Feasible water source options at this time include the City of
Portland supply,the Willamette River and Hagg Lake.
• Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy page ES-4
Executive Summary
Final Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Priority Information Needs
Water resources information is subject to multiple uncertainties and assumptions.
These need to be continually reexamined, as new information becomes available.
Some key information areas include:
Water supply. Costs and quantities of water for the Willamette River supply and
the expansion of the City of Portland system are currently being developed. These
need to be considered specific to Washington County's needs. The City of Portland
is currently updating regional demand forecasts based on recent population figures
and employment trends. The feasibility of an expansion of Hagg Lake should be
investigated. The implications of the ESA for all potential supplies must be
integrated into the water,availability picture. Until species listing occurs, water needs
will be highly uncertain.
Instream flow. .Instream flow demands must continue to be better defined, in
conjunction with ongoing modeling being conducted by the USGS. Future flow
targets will be affected by regulatory changes and by water quality standards currently
being negotiated. The implications of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) must be
integrated as they become known.
Agricultural demands. The potential for agricultural expansion must be evaluated.
Trends in water use due to conservation, crop changes and technologies should be
quantified in order to refine future water demands. A watershed-wide picture of
agricultural water withdrawals from the mainstem and tributaries should be
developed.
J Tributaries. The water use patterns of non-Tualatin Valley Irrigation District
J (I'VID) irrigators operating off of natural flow rights in the tributaries and the
mainstem must be understood. This is-an important piece of information that is
needed in order to begin to manage low flows in the tributaries. The ESA could
affect agricultural users on the tributaries significantly. A better understanding of
who these users are, and where the major diversion points are would prepare water
managers in the Basin to take action in response to future species listings which are
almost certain to occur. Minimum flow targets should be developed for each
tributary.
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Final Report,August 2001
SECTION 6 - SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
WHAT HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED?
The Integrated Water Resources Management project has created a framework of
agreement on major water resources issues, developed by the primary water
1 management agencies and water resources stakeholders in the Basin. The IWRM
Strategy considers water resources needs from a watershed-wide perspective, and
encompasses a broad range of water quality and water quantity issues.
1 The IWRM Strategy sets forth a series of policy objectives developed by the
participating agencies and groups. Project participants include municipal water
1 supply,agricultural water users, stormwater and wastewater management and county
facilities managers. These agencies were able to create a coherent, responsible
strategy-because of their common understanding of the need for collaborative and
cooperative water resources management in the Tualatin Basin.
WHERE.DO WE Go FROM HERE?
Implementation of the IWRM Strategy
The Integrated Water Management Strategy should be viewed as a dynamic work
that will require periodic reexamination, updating and refinement as it is
implemented. This continuous process of reevaluation will ensure that the Strategy
developed today will remain a useful tool for water resources management well into
the future.
In fact,the development of this cooperative Strategy is just the first step. More work
needs to be done to put these concepts and principles into practice. Some of the
most challenging steps lie ahead, in the development of specific programs and
practices to achieve the important objectives that have been discussed.
The next major step in the IWRM process will be to refine roles and responsibilities
for implementation of the Strategy. In part,this means a renewed commitment from
individual water management agencies to implement existing programs. For
example, the municipal water providers have reinforced their commitment to water
conservation in the IWRM process. This commitment does not require new plans,
programs or authorities. However, some aspects of this IWRM Strategy"break new
ground" and will require discussion of how these activities can be accomplished
most effectively and efficiently. In some cases, this may mean an expansion of
existing plans and programs which are already in place.
In addition, public interest in and support for the IWRM Strategy is critical to its
success. In order for the Strategy to be fully implemented, it must be supported by
all of the water users in the Basin that will be affected by it. In fact, the IWRM
1 Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy page 6-1
Section 6-Summary and Recommendations
1 Final Report
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Strategy will affect anyone who lives,works and recreates in the Tualatin Basin. The
job of public education and communication is made easier by the fact that most
people understand and actively support the importance of planning for future water
needs,as well as the importance of managing water quality in the Tualatin River and
its tributaries.
J
Priority Action Needs
] Two action areas should be priorities for implementation, based on their ability to
satisfy multiple policy objectives of the IWRM Strategy. These include:
] . Promote wetland and riparian restoration projects. This action achieves
multiple objectives, by the restoration of tributary health, retention of
stormwater, floodwater retention and improved environmental health of the
Basin.
• Evaluate opportunities for small in-line or off-line storage. This could
7 be an important measure for restoring flow to the tributaries, as well as
providing stormwater and floodwater retention. Small storage could also
provide wetland and habitat benefits to improve the overall environmental
health of the Basin.
Other priority elements for action include:
• Implement tributary management activities. This should include an
evaluation of replacing tributary irrigation water with other supplies.
. Evaluate new sources of supply to meet future water needs in the
Basin. Feasible water source options at this time include the City of
Portland supply,the Willamette River and Hagg Lake.
Priority Information Needs
7 Water resources information is subject to multiple uncertainties and assumptions.
These need to be continually reexamined, as new information becomes-available.
Some key information areas include:
Water supply. Costs and quantities of water for the Willamette River supply and
l the expansion of the City of Portland system are currently being developed. These
•J need to be considered specific to Washington County's needs.. The City of Portland
is currently updating regional demand forecasts based on recent population figures
and employment trends. The feasibility of an expansion of Hagg Lake should be
investigated. The implications of the ESA for all potential supplies must be
integrated into the water availability picture. Until species listing occurs,water needs
will be highly uncertain.
Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy page 6-2
Section 6-Summary and Recommendations
Final Report .
I .
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
J' Instream flow. Instream flow demands must continue to be better defined, in
conjunction with ongoing modeling being conducted by the USGS. Future flow
targets will be affected by regulatory changes and by water quality standards currently
being negotiated. The implications of the ESA must be integrated as they become
known.
JAgricultural demands. The potential for agricultural expansion must be evaluated.
Trends in water use due to conservation, crop changes and technologies should be
J quantified in order to refine future water demands. A watershed-wide picture of
agricultural water withdrawals from the mainstem and tributaries should be
developed.
Tributaries. The water use patterns of non-TVID irrigators operating off of natural
flow.rights in the tributaries and the mainstem must be understood. This is an
J important piece of information that is needed in order to begin to manage Iow flows
in the tributaries. The ESA could affect agricultural users on the tributaries
significantly. A better understanding of who these users are, and where the major
diversion points are would prepare water managers in the Basin to take action in
response to future species listings which are almost certain to occur. Minimum flow
targets should be developed for each tributary.
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Final Report
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Quarterly water quality monitoring of the Willamette River was conducted in
Wilsonville, Oregon, from August 2000 to July 2001. This sampling program is a
continuation of ongoing efforts to characterize the water quality of the Willamette
River in the vicinity of a new raw water intake and water treatment plant facility in
the City of Wilsonville, Oregon. Previous sampling programs funded by the
Tualatin Valley Water District (TVWD) from April 1994 to July 1996, by the City of
Tigard from July 1998 to July 1999, and by the Willamette Water Supply Agency
9 (WWSA) from August 1999 to July 2000 also operated at this location, at River
Mile 41 in Wilsonville.
The Willamette Water Supply Agency (WWSA) program maintains an emphasis
on understanding the chemical parameters that are of interest for water treatment
and public health. The program included the collection of four quarterly samples,
collected in August and November of 2000, and February and Jully of 2001.
Water samples were analyzed for 18 inorganic chemicals including heavy metals,
and over 250 organic chemicals including pesticides, herbicides and petroleum
9 hydrocarbons. The sampling program was designed to include current and
anticipated SDWA monitoring requirements, and to provide information about the
water quality impacts of man-made chemicals that are in use in the Willamette
River Basin.
Results
$ Results for inorganic and organic chemicals were consistent with previous year's
sampling results from 1994 to 2000, and with historical values. Water quality
$ results were considered in the context of current or anticipated drinking water
$ regulations and previous studies. Major findings include:
• Inorganic sampling results were consistent with previous years' findings.
.3 None of these parameters are outside the range of acceptability for water
$ treatment.
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• One regulated organic chemical was detected, out of 54 regulated
$ contaminants that were analyzed as part of the program. The plasticizer
DEHP (di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate) was detected in the second quarterly
sample at 26 ug/L. This was the only organic chemical detection of the 2000-
$ 2001 sampling year.
• No organic chemicals analyzed as part of the EPA's Contaminant Candidate
$ List were detected.
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• The USGS has identified pesticides detected in small streams throughout the
Willamette River Basin. No detection of chemicals previously detected in
small streams were observed. No potential endocrine disrupting chemicals
were detected.
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! • The EPA has recently finalized the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring
Rule, which updates monitoring requirements for systems serving more than
10,000. None of the unregulated organic chemicals in this category were
detected.
• An additional suite of 156 organic chemicals, including pesticides, herbicides
and industrial chemicals, were analyzed as part of MWH Laboratories
analytical packages. None of these chemicals were detected in any of the
quarterly samples.
Overall water quality results are consistent with previous studies. No inorganic
! chemicals were observed which pose concerns about the ability of readily
! available water treatment processes to meet and surpass current and anticipated
drinking water standards. The organic chemical, DEHP, was present in the raw
water at levels above the treated drinking water standard. The EPA has stated
that the Best Available Technology for removal of this compound from water is
filtration using granular activated carbon. Filtration with GAC is included in the
treatment process of the new WTP. The EPA also reports that this chemical
strongly adsorbs to clay and sediment particles, meaning that it will also be
removed by the same water treatment processes that remove sediment and
particles from water.
Recommendations
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to Ongoing water quality monitoring will provide more information on the
1 presence of organic chemicals in the Willamette River. Ongoing water quality
monitoring also adds to our understanding of water quality variations due to
storms and precipitation. Future water quality monitoring should continue to
emphasize sampling during low flow and high flow conditions.
• The list of organic chemicals selected for monitoring should continue to be
► updated and refined. Specifically, the inorganic chemical perchlorate should
► be considered for addition to the program, following the publication of an
analytical method for this chemical in 2000. The organic chemicals Alachlor
► ESA, Diuron, Linuron, Terbufos, RDX and Fonofos should also be considered
for inclusion in subsequent monitoring, following the publication of methods in
2001.
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Willamette River Raw Water Monitoring Program
Annual Report 2000-2001
• Sampling for the 2001-2002 year must consider integration with the new
water treatment plant, scheduled to come on-line in early 2002. Prior to start-
up of the new facility, raw water quality sampling will continue. Once the plant
is on-line, compliance sampling for the treated water will be required.
Ongoing source water and finished water monitoring will be performed by the
contract operator for the facility, US Filter Operating Services.
Willamette Water Supply Agency ES-3
Willamette River Raw Water Monitoring Program
Annual Report 2000-2001
REGIONAL WATER PROVIDERS CONSORTIUM BOARD MEETING
Minutes of September 5,2001
Consortium Board Chairman Les Larson called the Regional Water Providers
Consortium Board Meeting to order at 7:09 p.m. The meeting was held in the Metro
Council Chambers/Annex.
Elected representatives from eighteen Consortium member agencies were present at the
meeting(which is a quorum),including the City of Beaverton,Clackamas River Water,
City of Forest Grove,City of Gladstone,City of Gresham,City of Hillsboro,City of Lake
Oswego,Metro, Oak Lodge Water District,City of Portland,Powell Valley Road Water
District,Rockwood Water PUD, Sunrise Water Authority, City of Tigard,City of
Tualatin,Tualatin Valley Water District,West Slope Water District,and the City of
Wilsonville.
Consortium member agencies not represented by elected officials at this meeting
included the City of Fairview, City of Milwaukie,Raleigh Water District,City of Sandy
and South Fork Water Board.
Introductions: Introductions were made. Those in attendance included Councilor Craig
Dirksen and Ed Wegner from the City of Tigard; Councilor Steve Chrisman and Mike
McKillip from the City of Tualatin; Councilor Jack Homer,Dave Rouse and Keely
Thompson from the City of Gresham; Councilor Ellie McPeak and Joel Komarek from
the City of Lake Oswego; Commissioner-Paul E.Rogers and Dale Jutila from Clackamas
River Water, Councilor Deena Barrett and Rob Foster from the City of Forest Grove;
Councilor Susan McLain from Metro;Commissioner A.P.DiBenedetto and Jerry Arnold
from West Slope Water District; Commissioner Erik Sten and Bob Durston from the City
of Portland;Bud Farm and David Gilbey from Powel Valley Road Water District;
Commissioner Les Larson from Oak.Lodge Water District;District Board President Jim
Duggan and Todd.Heidgerken from Tualatin Valley Water District;District Board
President Herb Brown and Harvey Barnes from Rockwood Water PUD;Council
President John Healer and Jeff Bauman from the City of Wilsonville;Councilor Carl
Gardner from the City of Gladstone;Commissioner Mike Grimm and Denny Klingbile
from Sunrise Water Authority;Councilor Forrest Soth from the City of Beaverton;
Commissioner Will Crandell and Tacy Steele from the City of Hillsboro/Joint Water
Commission; Dan Bradley from South Fork Water Board; Scott Fernandez,citizen;John
Wish,citizen; Sandra Ramaker,'citizen; Cathi B. Callahan,citizen;Vance Vogle,citizen;
F.W. Schulenberg,citizen;and Lorna Stickel,Rebecca Geisen and Patty Burk from the
City of Portland/Consortium Staff
Approval of.Minutes: A motion was made and seconded to approve the meeting
minutes of March 7,2001. The Consortium Board unanimously approved the minutes as •
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Public Comment: There was no public comment given' Chairman Les Larson advised
the public members in attendance could speak to an agenda item during the discussion of
that item if they wanted to at that time.
Election of Officers: Chair Les Larson reminded the Board members the Chairman and
the Vice Chairman of the Consortium Board serve a one-year term. Chair Larson
advised that he and John Huffman who are the current Chairman and Vice Chainnan of
the Consortium Board respectively have both served just one year and are eligible to
serve one more year. He explained the election of officers was to have taken place at the
June 2001 Consortium Board meeting,which was cancelled,so the election of officers
had been postponed to the September 2001 meeting.
Chair Larson opened nominations for Chairman of the Regional Water Providers
Consortium.District Board President Herb Brown nominated Board President John
Huffman from Powell Valley Road Water District. A Consortium Board member
nominated Commissioner Les Larson from Oak Lodge.Water District.There were no
other nominations. The nomination was closed. The motion was seconded. The
Consortium Board signified approval of the motion and voiced no opposing or abstaining
votes.
Lorna Stickel explained that the Consortium is now governed by a different set of voting
requirements because the total number of Consortium member entities is now twenty-
three..She reported the change in reporting procedures relates to.the State of.Oregon's
Public Meeting Law,which indicates that governingbodies with fewer than twenty-five
entities need to report the vote of each representative if the vote taken is not unanimous.
Lorna employed the written vote process. Commissioner Les Larson was elected
Chairman of the Consortium Board(16:1:0).
Chair Larson opened nominations for Vice-Chair of the Regional Water Providers
Consortium Board. A Consortium Board member nominated District Board President
John Huffman from Powell Valley Road Water District. There were no other
nominations. A Consortium Board member moved to close the nomination. The motion
was seconded. The Consortium Board signified approval of the motion and voiced no
opposing or abstaining votes. District Board President John Huffman was elected Vice-
Chair of the Consortium Board(17:0:0).
Executive Committee Report: Chair Les Larson gave a report of the Executive
Committee(EC). Chair Larson reported.the Consortium Technical Committee and the
Executive Committee cancelled the June 6,2001 Consortium Board meeting.
Chair Larson said the Executive Committee met twice since the March 2001 Board.
meeting. The EC met April 25 and August 8,2001. The Executive Committee members
are Councilor.Forrest Soth from the City of Beaverton;Commissioner Bruce:Fontaine
from Clackamas River Water, Commissioner Les Larson from Oak Lodge Water District;
District Board President John Huffman from Powell Valley Road Water District;
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Councilor Don Allen from the City of Sandy;Commissioner Michael Grimm from
Sunrise Water Authority;.and Board President Jim Duggan,Tualatin Valley Water
District. All seven EC members attended the meetings.
Chair Larson reported that at the April 25,2001 meeting Loma Stickel reviewed the
purpose and functions of the Executive Committee under Article XII of the Consortium
Bylaws. The Executive Committee decided to meet on a quarterly basis between
Consortium Board meetings. Ms. Stickel discussed the work task modules for the
Regional Water Supply Plan. The EC discussed membership dues and agenda items for
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the June Consortium Board meeting that was subsequently cancelled. Ed Tenny,
Economic and Engineering Services,Inc. reported on the Regional Water Supply Entity.
Mr.Tenny noted that the Portland City Council passed a Resolution that directs
Commissioner Erik Sten and the Portland Water Bureau to work with metropolitan area
officials to study the feasibility of the formation of a regional water entity.
Chair Larson reported that at the August 8,2001 meeting Lorna Stickel discussed the
Regional Water Supply Entity. Meetings with interested providers were held on May 31,
2001 in Tualatin and June 28,2001 in Gresham. Ms..Stickel reported on the Regional
Water Supply Plan(RWSP)Update. The Executive Committee discussed Public
Involvement Activities for the Update. Chair Larson reported the Consortium staff gave
reports on the summer water supply and conservation activities. The EC discussed the
Consortium budget. Rebecca Geisen,Consortium Conservation Program Coordinator,
updated the Executive Committee on the opportunity for the Consortium to comment on
the rules relating to pesticide use and reporting. -
Progress Report on the Regional Water Supply Plan Update: Harvey Barnes,Chair
of the Consortium Technical Committee(CTC),reported that the Consortium staff
members have done most of the groundwork related to the Regional Water Supply Plan
(RWSP)Update. Mr.Barnes said the Consortium staff would do some of the work called
for in the Update work plan and consultants would be hired to do other parts of the
technical work. Mr.Barnes introduced Loma Stickel to give the RWSP progress report-.
Ms Stickel recalled it was the development of the Regional Water Supply Plan(RWSP)
that brought the Consortium together. It was the Consortium's endorsement of the
RWSP in late 1995 and early 1996 that enabled the Consortium to own and coordinate
the implementation of the RWSP. Ms.Stickel said the RWSP was a significant effort for
the region and a significant financial commitment. The development of the RWSP took
approximately three years to complete and cost approximately three million dollars. Ms.
Stickel explained that within the Consortium's Intergovernmental Agreement(IGA)and
the RWSP, a requirement was included that the RWSP be evaluated every five years to
determine if revisions were needed. The year 2001 is the fifth year of the,RWSP. As
part of the budget discussions at the December 2000 and March 2001 Board meetings,
concepts were developed for the Board'on how the RWSP Update could be done.: Ms.
Stickel reviewed reasons for the need to update the Regional Water Supply Plan which.
included: 1)The endangered fish species listings;2)Work at the State of Oregon level
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regarding requirements for water rights; 3)The Clean Water Act;4)Political events
involving decisions about.specific sources; 5)StudiesTthat=have been done on other sub-
regional
sources; 6)The need to look at new demand forecasts;7).Conservation
implementation and effects. Ms Stickel reminded the Board that the RWSP Update
Budget is a two-year cycle,and we are currently in the first year of the two years. The
RWSP Update was done as a special assessment based on the Consortium dues formula.
The total budget for the RWSP Update and revision is estimated at $493,976 for the two
years. The budget will be used to pay for staff and other professional services,as well as
some materials and services.
Ms._Stickel reported that work on the RWSP Update began before fiscal year 2001-02 on
the development of a scope of work for the conservation module. Progress reports on the
RWSP Update were included in the packet material. She explained the progress reports
would follow the same topic headings. The topics include:Water Demand Forecast,
Conservation Update,Source Option Analysis,Integration Model,and Public
Involvement Activities.
The Water Demand Forecast module work is anticipated to be completed by staff and
will begin withcollection of data from entities that have not reported such data and from
additional data collection that was done by the Portland.Water Bureau. Ms. Stickel stated
the critical point on this item is the ability to gain population forecasts from Metro based
on individual provider entities boundaries.
A conservation scope of work has been prepared. Discussions on the scope of work
focused on to the inclusion of indoor conservation and Industrial Commercial and
Institutional(ICI)programs and associated costs.
Ms. Stickel advised consultants would do the Source Options Analysis. The cost would
be approximately$100,000. The scope of work is being developed and the Consortium
Technical Subcommittee will review the scope of work at their September.12,2001
meeting.
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Ms. Stickel reported the Integration Model in the RWSP Update would build on the
original RWSP model. She stated there were shortcomings in the original model. The
model made assumptions and broke down into only the three counties. Ms. Stickel
advised that the Integration Model in the Update would take additional steps to integrate
conservation programs,new demand forecasts,sources,and transmission lines. In
addition,there will be expansion of climate and hydrologic patterns in the region and a
look at what global warming will.mean to both water demand and water sources..
Development of thescope of work for.the tegration Model has begun. Workshops have
been completed with promising models from the University of Washington and from the
firm who developed the original Integration Model used in the.RWSP. Key_questions
were developed to identify the expectations of the model and a schedule of how the
different modules work wasincluded in the meeting materials.
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A draft of the Public Involvement Activities for-the.RWSP.update was provided in the
meeting materials. Loma Stickel reviewed the types of public involvement activities to
be considered including: newsletters,questionnaires,workshops open to the public,
invitational roundtables, focus groups,public meetings,advisory bodies, invitational
panels of stakeholders and the Consortium web page.
Ms Stickel reminded the Board members the Consortium Board could not adopt a revised
Regional Water Supply Plan. The IGA was written to recognize that the Consortium is
made up of individual entities and that any major amendments to the Plan have to be
approved by the individual provider's decision-making body. The final step in the RWSP
update would be to have a revised document that has gone through an iterative process
and had public involvement. That Plan can then be taken back to the individual
provider's boards,commissions or councils for their approval. Ms Stickel reported the
date for the completion of the.RWSP Update is June 2003, at which tie the revisions will
be available for individual provider action.
District Board President Herb Brown asked if the state or federal government was
imposing a deadline for the completion of the Regional Water Supply Plan Update. Ms.
Stickel responded the state or federal governments did not impose a deadline for the
completion of the RWSP Update. The Consortium developed the timeline.
Councilor Susan McClain from Metro commented that although the state or federal
governments may not have required a Regional Water Supply Plan,Metro's Charter
passed by the voters in 1992 and which is acknowledged by the State,does require a
water supply plan. When Metro joined the Consortium in 1995-96,they were looking for
partners to develop a Regional Water Supply Plan. Councilor McClain stated Metro has
a legal obligation to provide a regional water supply plan within their Regional
Framework Plan,which then needs to be acknowledged by the State.
Councilor McClain reported Metro has several opportunities coming up that might lend
themselves nicely to public involvement activities for the RWSP Update. She stated .
since the budget for public involvement activities is limited it is important for all
Consortium entities to recognize and provide opportunities for public involvement for the
RWSP Update. Metro has a major conference coming up in March 2002. The
conference will include growth issues;2040 reconnection; Goal 5 and transportation
issues. She commented this conference would be an excellent opportunity to also have
RWSP information available.
In December 2002,Metro will complete their five-year review of the Urban Growth
Boundary. Councilor McClain stated Metro would make some decisions before the
RWSP Update is.completed but that the Regional Water Supply Plan will be a:_;
centerpiece to look•at both technically and politically to aid in retaking decisionson the
Urban Growth Boundary. .
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Status Report on the Regional Drinkinu Water Initiative: In spring of 2001,the
Portland City Council passed'a Resolutioirdirecting the City of Portland to explore
regionalizingthe Bull`Run system. Commissioner Sten stated that Portland"would be
willing to provide the nucleus of a new,independent,regional water utility organization,
if key partners in the region are interested in joining us."
Two meeting were sponsored by the City of Portland and held in May 2001 (in Tualatin)
and in June 2001 (in Gresham)to begin exploring interest in the Regional Drinking
Water Initiative. All water providers were invited to attend. Nine agencies were
interested enough in the concept of a supply and transmission agency to commit to work
together to study the issue and develop a proposal.
Commissioner Sten said the City of Portland is working under the assumption that the
development of the Regional Initiative is a voluntary effort and customers who have.
wholesale water contracts with Portland will continue to work on new contracts. It is not
expected this Initiativeis an all or nothing proposal. Commission Sten believes a
collaborative effort of all interested.entities is the best approach to the development of the
Regional Drinking Water Initiative;therefore,a particular model is not being advocated
by the City of Portland: It was thought the best approach to developing the Initiative
would be from a Supply and Transmission perspective first although all avenues will be
explored. Aggressive exploration is being done to create a regional authority that can
either be just the Bull Run system or a collaborative effort with other owners of sources
such as Clackamas River Water and Tualatin Valley Water District systems.
The participants in this venture to date are Cities of Portland,Gresham,Beaverton,
Tigard and Tualatin and the water districts of Powell Valley Road,Tualatin Valley,
Clackamas River Water and Clean Water Services. Commissioner Sten reported staff
members from each of the agencies would work together to outline an array of options
and present them to Board and Council members of the participating agencies.
Commissioner Sten expected those meetings to be held the beginning of October 2001.
He'reported the best-case scenario would have a number of entities signing a conceptual
agreement regarding a model'to pursue by the end of 2001. .
District Board President Herb Brown asked if the Regional Drinking Water Supply
Initiative is adopted would there be an election of a Board of Directors to run thenew
regional utility. Commissioner Sten commented there are two models for governance
that he was aware of. One would be an elected board.The other would be an appointed
board where the cities and water districts that join have the power to appoint members.
Commissioner Sten mentioned you could also have a hybrid of the two models that had
both elected and appointed members.
Dale Jutila from.Clackamas:River.Water District commented.there_are:approximately two
dozen different models that Dave Johns from the Portland:Water Bureau-has assembled
from around the country and British Columbia. Many possibilities will be explored.
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A Consortium Board member mentioned the discussion has broadened from a.Bull Run
Water Authority toinclude other major water sources-including the Clackamas,Trask.-. .-
and Tualatin rivers. It is important:torecognize that this Initiative is looking.regionally at
all the aforementioned sources.
Councilor Susan McClain from Metro expressed concern with the mention in the first
paragraph of the overview of the Regional Water Supply Agency Initiative,which states
that Metro is"supportive of this effort". Councilor McLain felt the statement was broad
enough that she individually supports this effort but wanted to make clear that Metro
Council has not taken any action on this initiative or that they support a regional agency
at this time.
Councilor McClain stated Commissioner Sten had a fine vision to simplify the water
system and give ownership to those entities that have not had ownership in the Bull Run
facilities. Metro agrees with that vision. If there were an agency produced,Metro would
like to be involved in the discussion on structure and organization of such an agency.
The integration of public'facilities is something Metro cares a great deal about.
Summer Season.Recap: Lorna Stickel reported initially the summer season's climate
outlook had the potential to be ore of a problem for municipal supplies than it has turned
out to be thus far. Ms Stickel stated most of the state of Oregon does have surface water
index numbers indicating the State is in a drought. There was an expectation of the
reality of having to submit a drought plan this,summer. Early on in the season under the
auspice of the conservation committee,major water providers met to discuss the situation
for each of the water systems and what the water providers anticipated the summer to be
like and did they anticipate any problems. As it turned out,the Portland Bull Run system
has not had a significant deficit problem thus far. At this time,there is no plan to use the
well field to augment supplies. The length of the summer,however,would be the
determining factor. The Clackamas River is having an average year. A supply problem
was not anticipated for the Clackamas River. The Joint Water Commission system,
which relies on Barney reservoir on the northand middle fork of the Trask River and
Haag Lake,started out in a water deficit. As a result there was coordination between
some of the Joint Water Commission participants(e.g.Tualatin Valley Water District and
Beaverton)and the City of Portland to provide additional water so as to not draft the
storage reservoirs.
Rebecca Geisen gave an update of the activities of the Consortium Conservation
Committee(CCC).. Ms. Geisen mentioned the Consortium Board had approved the
funding of a half time conservation staff person and that she would be filling that role. A
quarter time administrative position is being provided by the City of Portland. The
Conservation Committee has three work groups this year to work on regional projects.
They are youth education,trade ally,and community outreach. Additional conservation
groups will form as needed. The conservation committee meets monthly-to.provide
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Ms Geisen reported the summer conservation marketing campaign is currently underway
with television;radio,billboards and bus sides similar to last year's campaign. The
committee used the same television and radio spot as last year so that money that would
otherwise have been spent on the development of new television and radio spots could be
used for media time.
The summer marketing campaign media highlights included a taped session with Mike
Darcy at Tualatin Valley Water District garden,which aired August 18,2001 with
KPTV.Ms Geisen and Kim Swan, Conservation Committee Chairperson was on a Fox
49 News Extra on July 29,2001 segment to discuss conservation issues.
Ms Geisen reported the CCC is currently working on several Requests for Proposals
(RFP). The first RFP,which was sent out August 8,2001,is to evaluate last year's
marketing campaign. The committee is expected to select a vendor this week. . The
second request for proposal is for a new marketing campaign for next year's summer
multimedia campaign. The Consortium Conservation Committee has been working for
the past three years with Ant Hill Marketing on the summer marketing campaign. The
CCC has gone out to bid this year for thatcampaign and are expecting proposals from
interested vendors on September 14,2001. A,vendor for the summer multimedia
campaign will be selected by the end of September 2001. Ms Geiser informed the Board
members that a contract for the third RFP was recently awarded for a cartoon map of the
region's water system with activities on the reverse side for the youth education
conservation efforts. Joe Spooner,the cartoonist who draws the Mr.Portland cartoon,
was awarded this contract. The CCC is working in-partnerships with other agencies on
landscaping workshops.Ms. Geisen reported each Consortium entity would get a
summary of the summer marketing campaign and a copy of the television and radio
spots.
Ms,Geisen and Ms. Stickel will meet with the Water Conservation Coalition of Puget
Sound in late September 2001 to discuss the Regional Water Providers Consortium and
conservation programs.The Puget Sound Coalition is interested in how the region's
water providers work together to implement conservation programs.
Ms. Geisen presented a new turf brochure the CCC developed called"Plan a Lawn".
The Consortium Conservation Committee is participating in many upcoming community
events including the East Bank Exposed Urban Fair,the Salmon Festival and the Yard,
Garden and Patio Show.
Ms. Geisen advised the enhancements to the Consortium web page were completed and
available for viewing. She outlined that the newenhancements include sections on the
Regional Water Supply Plan,a water source map,programs and projects,the Consortium
Board and Committees,plans and reports. The web site address is conserveh2o.org.
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Chair Les Larson commented he saw an excellent children's conservation program at
Portland Community College-.Rockwood campus. Tacy Steele,Conservation Committee
Youth Education Coordinator,remarked the City of Hillsboro organized some of the
activities for that program.
Water.Service Line Maintenance Program: Clackamas River Water is exploring the
interest in a regional water service line maintenance program. Commissioner Paul
Rogers suggested looking at a water service line maintenance program in several ways:
1)As a customer service activity; 2)As a way to protect customers from the hardship of a
failed service line; and 3)As a potential to become a common interest that the
Consortium can use to reinforce a.regional perspective on drinking water.
Commissioner Rogers reported there is precedence for this type of program. Clark
County Public Utility Department has a similar program involving hot water heaters.
North Wales Water Authority in North Wales,Pennsylvania and the City of Cleveland,
Ohio have water line maintenance programs. Duane Karsten,staff member at Clackamas
River Water,calculated it would cost their customers less than$2.00 a month for this
program assuming ten percent of their customers participate. Commissioner Rogers
clarified this is not an insurance program and should not be referred to as one.
Councilor Forrest Soth asked how prevalent are water service line failures given the
different types of soil and pipe material in the region. Commissioner Rogers reported in
the Clackamas River Water service area,they average 6.5 water service line failures a
month due to a.combination of reasons.
Board President Herb Brown requested to get more information from the entities that
currently have water service line maintenance programs for Rockwood PUD. Board
President Brown asked if the program is projected to be a revenue source. Commissioner
Rogers said North Wales Water District does have a revenue surplus and individual
agencies would need to decide how to utilize such a surplus.
Harvey Barnes askedif the vision for the water line maintenance program is to have a
multi-entity fiord to maintain the water service lines or would each entity have their own
fund. Commissioner Rogers reported Clackamas River Water envisioned the program to
be a multi-entity fund,which could utilize Consortium funding through dues. Clackamas
River Water is looking very seriously into implementing the program regardless of
interest from the Consortium members but is hoping there would be interest from other
agencies.
Mr. Barnes asked if Clackamas River Water has explored the service.line maintenance
program with their customers. Commissioner.Rogers replied they had not.
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Chair Les Larson recommended the Consortium Board members discuss the program
with their individual Board and Councils and report to Clackamas River Water if they are
interested in such program.
Oregon Legislative Wrap-no: Todd Heidgerken,the Manager of the office of
Intergovernmental Communications for Tualatin Valley Water District,gave a wrap up of
the 2001 Oregon Legislative Session. The fifth longest session in Oregon state history
adjourned July 7,2001. Oregon Legislators introduced 3,297 bills,which was a six
percent increase from the previous session. There are many sources that provided
information on the 2001 Oregon Legislative Session including League of Oregon Cities;
Special District Association; State Agency websites;and the Oregon State Legislature
website.
Mr.Heidgerken reported legislation passed in the 2001 Oregon Legislative Session that
allows for split season leasing to in-stream water rights. An entity or person could use
their water rights for a portion of a particular season then lease the remaining water right
for the remainder of the season.
House Bill 2713 is a water resource department sponsored bill that creates a water
measurement cost share program revolving fund which would be used to fund up to
seventy-five percent of the cost to repair or install stream gauges,measuring devices or
head gates.
There were modifications to the drought statues in the 2001 Oregon Legislative Session.
Senate Bill 644 passed which expedites the process to transfer or use supplemental water
rights in place of primary water rights.
House Bill 3002 created a Salmon Recovery Task Force which will be comprised of
thirteen members and define recovery. This task force will conduct scientific workshops
with an independent multidisciplinary science team(IMST). They will work on
establishing recovery criteria and developing legislation for the next Oregon Legislative
Session.. The Bill also implemented the results of the Fish Passage Task Force. The Fish r .
Passage Task Force has been working the past four years on trying to resolve fish passage
issues with existing dams and any future structures. Anyone who seeks a fundamental
change in their permit status for their reservoir or they propose to abandon any dam or
artificial structure,will need to obtain a determination from the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife(ODFW)as to whether native,migratory fish are or have been
historically present in the area. If they have been present,the dam or artificial structure
order shall submit a proposal to include fish passage in the dam or artificial structure
modification or shall apply to the Commission for a waiver.
Senate Bill 710.created a work group that will study issues related to trading water rights
between municipal water entities and non-municipal groundwater users. This bill is
limited to groundwater.
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Considerable time was spent in the 2001 Oregon Legislative Session on the development
of the Oregon Plan for Endangered Species Recovery. Senate Bill 945 and Senate.Bill
946 took steps in codifying or putting into law the provisions of the Oregon Plan. The
Plan requires the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board(OWEB)to be the lead entity to
provide reports on what is taking place on the different sub-basins as it relates to
assessment of data and information needs.
House Bill 2239 passed which requires water entities that have less than 150 water
connections to have certified water operator. Operator certification prior to the Bill was
not required for water entities that had less than 150 water connections. House Bill 2239
brings water providers into compliance with EPA guidelines,which removes the threat of
losing two million dollars in federal funding.
House Bill 2014 prevents under certain conditions,local governments from considering
price prior to the selection of architects, land surveyors or engineers. Those conditions
include if the project is funded by state grants,if the services are over 35 percent value of
the project or if the project is over$400,000.
The state of Oregon is actively marketing that they have$135 million dollars in lottery-
backed bonds available to assist local governments with infrastructure and community
facilities. The Oregon Community and Economic Development Department is contacting
a variety of agencies to apply for these funds.
The election date of Special Districts has changed. Elections will no longer be held on
the second Tuesday in March. They will now be held on the third Tuesday in May.
Legislation was passed requiring the Oregon Department of Transportation to establish a
fee if you are doing work in state highway right of ways.
Many bills did not pass in the 2001 Oregon Legislative Session including any attempts to
take out or put fluoride in the water,changes to how water districts approached water
shutoffs,voter approval:before using a water source,and that water rate-and reeulat€ons
surrounding water rates to be conducted by the Public Utility Commission.
Regional Updates: Bud Farm,Powell Valley Water District reported that on September
15,2001,after eighty years in the water industry,Powell Valley Water District would
have a Drinking Water Festival. The festival will be held at Southeast 138th Avenue and
Southeast Center Street from 10:00 a.m.to 2:00 p.m.
Other Business:
Rebecca Geisen reported the Oregon Environmental Council and Northwest Coalition
Alternatives to Pesticides approached her to participate in a meeting with the Governor's
staff to discuss pesticide tracking and reporting. She reported the non-agricultural
representatives wanted pesticide use reported by section,township and range. The DEQ
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rules out for review were written such that reporting by section,township and range was
required for agricultural and forestry areasand reporting by,zip code was required for
urban areas. The Consortium has commented this subject in the past. Ms. Geisen
advised that in the meeting materials was a draft letter to support more detailed reporting
requirements for pesticide use. The Consortium Technical Subcommittee,the
Consortium Technical Committee and the Executive Committee reviewed the letter and
approved the concept. District Board President Herb Brown moved to approve the letter.
Commissioner Michael Grimm seconded the motion. The Consortium Board signified
approval of the motion and voiced no opposing or abstaining votes. Ms. Geisen noted
individual water providers might want to write letters as well. The Oregon
Environmental Council has a letter writing campaign. Hearingsare being held in The
Dalles,Pendleton, Ontario,Bend,Klamath Falls,Roseburg,Albany,Portland,Gresham,
and Eugene. Comments are due by October 12,2001.
Lorna Stickel reported on the fiscal year ending June 30,2001. Ms.Stickel advised that
in the meeting materials was the preliminary Regional Water Providers Consortium
Fiscal Year 2000-2001 Expense Report. This report was for informational purposes only
and no action by the Board is required until the December Board meeting. The budget
for fiscal year 2000-2001 was substantially under spent. The under expenditure is
approximately$72,000. Ms Stickel reminded the Board members in past years the
carryover had been so small that money had been carried over and applied to specific
programs but that this year's carryover appears to be large enough to be used to offset
next year's dues as stipulated in the Intergovernmental Staffing Agreement(IGA)or
could be earmarked for other things. Ms. Stickel advised at the December Board
meeting,budget concepts for the following fiscal year would be discussed.It will need to
be decided whether the Consortium Board wants to apply the carryover as a credit so the
dues for next year will be reduced or does the Consortium Board want to allocate some
portion of the carryover for programs.
A motion was voiced to adjourn the Consortium Board meeting. The motion was
seconded. The Consortium Board meeting adjourned at 8:55 pm. The next meeting of
the Consortium Board is Wednesday,December 5,2001.in the Metro Council -Y:
Chambers/Annex.
Submitted by Patty Burk, Consortium Staff
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o¢To Erik Sten, Commissioner
�o;= . � �'?�;•. Cly( Morteza Anoushiravani, Interim Administrator
1120 S.W. 5th Avenue
PORTLAND, OREGON
•.�. -. Portland, Oregon 97204
Information(503)823-7404
Fax(503)823-6133
BUREAU OF WATER WORKS TDD(503)823-6868
September 21, 2001
Ed Wegner
City of Tigard
13125 SW Hall Blvd.
Tigard, OR 97223
Dear Ed:
As provided for in Section 7 of the 25-year Water Sales Agreement between the City of
Tigard as Purchaser and the City of Portland,
"In consideration of the agreement of the City to provide a firm supply of surplus
water, Purchaser agrees to maintain its level of purchases for the term of this
agreement so as not to diminish the ratio of City water used to the total water used
by Purchaser,"
Your purchase ratio (comparison of Portland water purchases to total water purchases)for
the fiscal year ending June.30,2001 was 63.4%. This is higher than the minimum purchase
requirement of 62% that was set in the March 7,1997 letter of agreement.
Tigard will continue to purchase 62% of its water from Portland during FY 2001-02
If you have any questions concerning these computations, please contact Anne Conway
at 503-823-7468.
Sincerely,
i
/ Mo `4'noushiravani
Interim Administrator
Attachments
C: Anne Conway
An Equal Opportunity Employer
MINIMUM PURCHASE WORKSHEET
FOR TIGARD WATER DISTRICT
FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING 6/30/01
YEAR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH PRECEDING
OF CALCULATION PRECEDING YR PRECEDING Y PRECEDING Y PRECEDING Y PRECEDING Y 5-YEAR
2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 1995-96 AVERAGE
Portland Water consumption
per Bureau billing records
(Including credit for 1,967,950 1,857,051 2,055,693 1,936,451 1,076,988 117,500 1,408,737
Portland Customers) actual
DEDUCT:Approved sales to
other distributors (3,635)
ADD or DEDUCT:Adjustment
For purchases above min due to Tualatin sales
Portland water to Tualatin
Portland water for minimum calc 1,967,950 1,857,051 2,055,693 1,936,451 1,076,988 113,865 1,408,010
ADD:Water from alternate -Wells 160,085 441,326 109,651 131,755 210,231 499,989
AlternativeSources-Lake Oswego 95,330 358,320 319,120 144,290 953,490 1,863,110
AltemativeSources-Beaverton 207,233 44,428
AltemativeSources-TVWD 672,176 444,413 547,561 436,704 651,006 179,110
ADD or DEDUCT:Water from alternate
Wells
LO (94,158) march 00 instead of DEC 99
Beaverton (44,428) turbidity Dec 99
sources used or sold during
curtailment or emergency
ADD or DEDUCT:Adjustment
for annexation or withdrawal
TOTAL water consumption 3,102,774 3,006,952 3,032,025 2,649,200 2,891,715 2,656,074 2,847,193
PURCHASE RATIO
(Net Portland water consump- 63.4% 61.8% 67.8% 73.1% 37.2% 4.3% 49.5%
tion/Total water consumption)
Guaranteed purchase ratio for 00-01 agreed to 62% r
`urchases were within 1%of guarantee
.dinimum purchase payment= $0.00
MINIMUM PURCHASE WORKSHEET
FOR TIGARD WATER DISTRICT
FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING 6/30/02
YEAR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH PRECEDING
OF CALCULATION PRECEDING YR PRECEDING V PRECEDING'V PRECEDING V PRECEDING V 5-YEAR
2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 AVERAGE
Portland Water consumption
per Bureau billing records
(including credit for 1,967,950 1,857,051 2,055,693 1,936,451 1,076,988 1,731,546
Portland Customers)
DEDUCT:Approved sales to
other distributors 0 0 0 0 0
For purchases above min due to Tualatin sales
adjust to lower to min guaranteed 0 0 0 0
NET Portland water 0 0
consumption for minumum purchase calculation 1,967,950 1,857,051 2,055,693 1,936,451 1,076,988 1,778,827
ADD:Water from alternate Wells 160,085 441,326 109,651 131,755 210,231
sources LO&TVWD&Beaver 974,739 847,161 866,681 580,994 1,604,496
DEDUCT:Water from alternate
sources used during 0 (138,586) 0 0 0
curtailment or emergency
ADD or DEDUCT:Adjustment
for annexation or withdrawal 0 0
TOTAL water consumption 3,102,774 3,006,952 3,032,025 2,649,200 2,891,715 2,936,533
PURCHASE RATIO
(Net Portland water consump- 63.4% 61.8% 67.8% 73.1% 37.2% 60.6%
tion/Total water consumption)
Guaranteed purchase ratio for FY 01-02 as agreed upon 62.0%
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TIGARD — Local residents may notice a high-quality drinking Water that meets or surpass-
change in`their tapwater this week. es state and federal regulations."
,;,-.. The cit•y of Tigard;iwhich gets approximately The wells were expected to come on line grad-
t:;_ 60.�ercentof its water frorm,,Portland's Bill Run ually this week and will run until seasonal rains
s?:'system,'habeen notified that Portland's Bureau refill the Bull Run reservoirs.
..7.-.,or±Public,.Works activated pumps-�fthin the The current projection for refill is late October.
*.';:Coluinbia,.Southshore Wellfield on Monday. "We have been drawing,down the Bull Run
• : r' i"This is a routine element of our seasonal sup- reservoirs throughout the summer. Fortunately, }.
.` _ply plan," said Portland Water Bureau we had plenty of water this summer.
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inistrator Mort Ahii. "Even so• as we move into fall, we need to
ti..-...f•-:, Some customers may notice a difference later assess the reservoir levels compared to the proms
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` this week as the blended water reaches their'ta s jected refill date—whin rains replenish the sup
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-;taste is slightly different," Anoushiravani-said. The Water Bureau will blend water from the - ..
={`Most people notice a difference in applications reservoirs and the wells at a ratio of 30 to 50 per-
''�-;
. ,.using soap.=the well water doesn't'suds up as . cent well water to 70 to 50 percent Bull Run
-=` much as the Bull Run water Both sources provide water,according to Anoushiravani.
Y'
i MEMOR ANDUM
MONTGOMERY WATSON
CITY OF TIGARD
AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY PROJECT
PHASE II
MONTHLY REPORT
OCTOBER 2001
SUMMARY OF OCTOBER WORK PROGRESS
• Continued work on Limited License application—submitted on Oct. 3, 2001
• Complete drilling new well
• Obtained Source Water Right Holder Agreements for Limited License Application
• Began Weekly meetings for construction
• Initiated Buidling Permit process
• Continued source water negotiations
• Change Order submitted to City for additional work
SUMMARY OF ANTICIPATED WORK ACTIVITIES IN NOVEMBER
• Complete construction of new well house
• Continue discussions with WRD for Limited License
• Pump Test
• Monitor COT-1
ISSUES AND PROBLEMS
City to review and decide on change orders.
Delay in well drilling pushed schedule to early December.
CITY OF TIGARD
ASR PROJECT
AUTHORIZED INVOICING SPREADSHEET
OCTOBER
Project Number 1530422
TASK MW PROJECT BUDGETED FEES THIS TOTAL FEES %OF BUDGETED %
NUMBERS FEES MONTH TO DATE FEES TO DATE COMPLETE
PHASE II -ASR PILOT TEST PLAN -
2.1 PERMITS AND WATER RIGHTS 022101 $28,500 $13,542 $26,117 92% 90%
2.2 SOURCE WATER NEGOTIATIONS 022802 $1,900 $1,902 $1,902 100% 100%
2.3.1 WELLHEAD MODIFICATIONS 021803 $42,600 $2,701 $2,701 6% 6%
2.3.2 NEW ASR WELL 021803 $248,000
2.4 ASR PILOT TEST 021804 $70,000
2.5 PILOT TEST REPORT 021805 $34,000 t
TOTAL-PHASE II $425,000 $18,145 $30,720 7% 25%
%Complete reflects work already completed,but not yet billed.
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Volume 10 No.43 American Water Works Association • Dedicated to Safe Drinking Water October 17,2001
Research suggests 13111Ingiproblems costly
arsenic toxi6ity process for Portland WaterBureau
Ingested arsenic may cause Continuing problems with billing software installed in 2000 have left
harmful health effects by increasing Portland Water Bureau(www.water.ci.portland.or.us)with$36 million in
blood levels of reactive oxidants and unpaid water and sewer bills,forcing PWB to implement a water-rate
lowering antioxidant capacity, increase and other cost-cutting measures to ensure the Oregon utility's
according to Taiwanese researchers short-term financial stability.
who studied the blood arsenic levels in Because of the many unpaid bills and unbudgeted expenditures to fix
64 residents of an area in Taiwan the faulty system,purchased from UK-based Severn-Trent,PWB raised
where well-water arsenic levels ranged its rates by 6.9 percent this summer(5.8 percent was a planned increase
from zero to more than 3,000 micro- and 1.1 percent is to cover the billing problem),initiated a hiring freeze,
grams/L Led by Meei-Maan Wu of the deferred purchases of new equipment and encouraged employees to
Institute of Biomedical Sciences at voluntarily reduce job time and pay by 10 percent.Now in the process of
Academia Sinica, the team found that
whole-blood arsenic levels ranged from identifying more drastic"worst-case scenario"cost-saving alternatives
zero to 46.50 micrograms/L and for the future,PWB is considering the possibility of employee layoffs and
showed a positive association with the a second rate Increase if the software cannot be fixed.
level of reactive oxidants in plasma and .Ross Walker,a PWB spokesperson,said the customized software,
an inverse relationship with plasma most of which has been operating as designed,is unable to launch its
antioxidant capacity. . automated debt-recovery function,which means customers do not get a
As published in the October Envi- second notice to pay their bill."Ninety-five percent of our customers are
ronmental Health Perspectives getting billed just fine,but not everyone pays their bill on the first
(httpi/ehpnettniehs.nih.gov/docs/200 notice,"Walker said."Our system can't generate a reminder notice,and
1/109p1011-1017wu/abstract.html), the we are unwilling to shut off service to anyone without it."
team found that lower arsenic methyla- A second problem related to the software is that 5 percent of
tion capability was associated with customers,about 8,500 out of 180,000,aren't receiving a bill at all,
lower levels of antioxidant capability forcing the utility to bill these customers manually."These are genuine
and concluded that "persistent oxida-
tive stress in peripheral blood may be a problems,but not disasters,and we're doing everything we can to resolve
mechanism underlying the carcinogen- them,"Walker said,adding that the bureau is currently working with
esis and atherosclerosis induced by outside consultants and Severn-Trent to correct the problems
long-term arsenic exposure.° Along the way,Mon Anoushiravani has taken over as PWB's interim
In a related development, an EPA administrator,replacing Mike Rosenberger,who resigned in June.
advisory panel will review hazards to
children posed by wood treated by
chromated copper arsenate during an EPA to hold waterborne disease meeting
Oct. 23-24 public meeting EPA will hold a public meeting on Nov.6 in Arlington,Va.
(www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap). The FIFRA (www.epa.gov/ost/criteria/mbagenda.pdf),to allow stakeholders to
Scientific Advisory Panel will evaluate discuss its draft strategy for controlling waterborne diseases
several documents, including a hazard (www.epa.gov/ost/criteria/microbialdraft.pd[).The strategy embraces an
assessment report on inorganic integrated approach for managing waterborne diseases under both the
arsenic. SDWA and the Clean Water Act.The meeting was first slated to be held
Sept.18 but was postponed because of the Sept.11 terrorist attacks.
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By RICHARD COLBY Wheiei Metro CouncilAnne,x,
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could own or control all water
sources, transmission mains and •... .
major storage facilities—includ- manages water quality in the
ing Portland's Bull Run Reserve county,also has taken part in the .•.;',vv.
— which now belong to several talks. The 10 provider agencies iiiitli•
Portland'-area cities and water are among the largest of the met-
districts. ropolitan area's 27 water provid-
The regional agency, which ers. •,,11, rt:
would serve customers from "The general idea is to form a
Gresham to much of Washington more regional system," Sten said :1;*
and Clackamas counties, would Wednesday. "But it could take a
develop new water sources and lot of different shapes, and we
sell water from the combined
• want to let the citizens to weigh
supplies. in:,
The agency would•have its ownIr.
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today in Metro's rd-floor
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N.E. Grand Ave., in Portland.
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il• District and spokesman for the involved in the discussions have t' . •'41t;".:
, group. studied other regional agencies
DiLoreto's agency, serving around the country as possible .,4110.,1,•
parts of Beaverton, Tigard and models of how to govern the
. Hillsboro plus much of unincor- Portland-area water jurisdiction.
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between, is Portland's largest tives have leaned toward it hay-
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plus Clackamas River Water, If the elected officials decide to
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Authority comprising the former er include how to value assets,
Mount Scott and Damascus water determine water rates and set up • ,,i,iii:•;
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Water Services, which handles when a final proposal might be
urban-area sewage and generally ready for members to consider. ' z‘'
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for Ti and s future Plans
Officials update Tigard Hendryx said. expand our existing resources, ■ Under Urban and Public
According to Hendryx, the programs and services," Newton Services, Director of Public
Beyond Tomorrow goals area will see approximately said. "We're looking at ways to Works Ed Wegner discussed sev-
as city prepares for 2017 8,436 new jobs and an additional create more opportunities." eral facilities, including the pos-
1,500 housing units within the ! Under Transportation and sible construction of a new
By BARABAR SHERMAN next 20 years. Traffic, City Engineer Gus 47,000-square-foot library across
Of the Times He said natural resources Duenas discussed the Hall Boulevard from Omara
TIGARD—Tigard will have must be protected while provid- Transportation System Plan that Street.
a rosy future if city officials have ing necessary transportation and is expected to be adopted by the "We have an undersized facil-
storm-water management. council in early 2002. It will ity,"he said,pointing out that the
anything to say about it. The plan also will necessitate identify transportation needs for new library should serve the pub-
In fact, they had a lot to say additional funding plus changes the next 20 years. lic's needs for the next 15 years.
about it last week, when several in the city's development Code Duenas also discussed specif- Under parks and recreation,
department heads gave the City and Com - Wegner said that more recreation
Council an update on Tigard prehensive Plan, �IWe're looking opportunities for youth should be
Be Tomorrow goals. Hendryx said. provided. He added the phase-
ning in 1997, the citi- ■ Under Public at getting our water one improvements to Cook Park
zen-used Vision Task Force Safety, Tigard are almost completed.
developed goals for the commu- police Chief Ron
nity to shape its future over the from the west, although As for a future water supply
Goodpaster said to lessen the city's dependence
next 20 years. Each year, the that the departmentthe on Portland's Bull Run system,
process is reviewed and updated. has a goal of form- that is 10 years Out, SO to fill Wegner said that eight jurisdic-
The plan includes six target ing partnerships
areas, with progress made on gap,we are working on aquifer tions are working with the
with businesses Portland City Council on a water
each front,according to city offi and residents.
cials. storage and recovery, which model that should be completed
■ Under Community In particular, by the end of November.
Q uali ty when a problem will start in January." According to Wegner, after
Character and of Life, develops in an area,
City Recorder Cathy Wheatley studying various water supply
concentrated on communication. •
an officer takes it options, the city is looking at
City Council meeting packets on as a project andworking with the Joint Water
works with people Commission, which gets its
are now available online, as are in the neighbor- Ed Wegner
approved resolutions and min- water from Hagg Lake, for its
utes,Wheatley said. hood to solve it. Director of Public Works future water supply.
She added that the "The officer and t "We're looking at getting our
the neighborhood f water from the west, although
Community Connector program, accept responsibility," is projects,such as Gaarde Street
in which individuals in neighbor- that is 10 years out," Wegner
hoods receive information from Goodpaster said, noting that the phase-one improvements from said. "So to fill the gap, we are
number of these partnerships has Quail Hollow to Walnut, which workingon aquifer storage and
the city to pass on to their neigh- q g
hors, is going well. Also, nearly tripled, from 12 last year have been completed. recovery, which will start in
to more than 30 this year. Gaarde Street phase-two recon
"Cityscape," the monthly cityGoodpaster added that the improvements were scheduled to D'
newsletter,and the local n out t newspa- police are cooperating with start this August,but due to right According to Wegner, local
per are getting information out to Tualatin Valley Fire&Rescue in of way acquisitions taking longer water users have responded to
log ' residents about civicgetting people in the community than expected, the project has the city's call for conservation.
ato be self-sustaining with enough. been rescheduled for the summer Water usage used to peak at 13
ily, a civic studio will ebe
d food and water for 72 hours in and fall of 2002. It will include million gallons, but it peaked at
set up in Town Hall for televisedcase of an emergency. adding third lane, plus bike just over 11 million gallons this
programs, and more information • Under Schools and lanes and' sidewalks on both summer, "even with growth,"
will be added to the city's Web Education, Liz Newton,assistant sides of the street, and street- Wegner said. ,
site,Wheatley said to the city administrator, dis- lights. "The average usage has been
® Under Growth and Growth cussed the goal of city govern- "We need to get funding for coming down the last three
Management, Director of ment and other service providers other projects," Duenas said. years," he added.
Community Development Jim coming together to continue pro- "The Transportation FinancingThe Tigard Beyond
Hendryx discussed the
Washington Square Regional viding a community-based recre- Strategies Task Force is looking Tomorrow final report will be
ation program for young people. forways to maintain and expand available on the city's Web sit in
Center Plan. "We're looking at how to streets." January, according to Newton.
The purpose of the plan is to
"accommodate growth while ii
protecting character and livabili-
ty of new and established areas ,
and providing for the natural GENE $
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district consider becoming a 50-50 Portland's Bull Run Reserve water- sis of what probably would happen Willamette River as a drinking Atter Bagnall presented her
Tualatin Valley Water financial partner in expanding the shed. to the district's-rates without di- water source for environmental analysis Wednesday, Martin and
city's water system capacity for The city is considering those and rectly sharing the Bull Run costs reasons. the other four district commission- `i
officials called for a financial general use across the metropoli- related projects such as new trans- but going ahead with already pro- The district,which holds a water ers took no action on the proposal.
alliance after the ci • tan area. mission lines toget more water out jected supply expansion from all
city pright on the Willamette, has a mi- Martin said the district could de-
proposed a partnership Martin said he worried that of the reserve. sources. Bagnall forecast average nority share of Wilsonville's water fray some of the Portland system's
annual rate jumps of 3 percent
Portland might lose interest in pur- To cover 50 percent of those during the next 20 years. treatment plant rive under con- expansion costs by l selling excess
By RICHARD COLBY suing its recent offer to turn over works, Bagnall's analysis found struction on the river but has no Bull Run water it couldn't use itself
THE OREGONIAN its abundant Bull Run Reserve sup- that the district would have to Under current -growth projec- plans to connect to the plant. to other suppliers in the metropole-
tions, she said, the district would tan area. r
BEAVERTON — A financial ply to a proposed regional author- bring the average monthly residers- For several, months, Tualatin s
need to tap into more water
analysis shows that Tualatin Valleyrh'' tial water charge front$18.82 as of Valley officials have been meetingOther commissioners didn't r
sources by 2007. show as much enthusiasm for the g
Water District customers would A"what if"'analysis presented to Nov. 1 to $36.68 by November of with representatives of Portland,
2009. The water district serves about four other cities and four idea. f _,;
see their waterbills-shoot up rapid Tualatin Valley commissioners18,000 customers in parts of Bea metropolitan area water districts "Do I really want us to pay these
ly in the next eight years if the Wednesday by the district's chief Given Portland's long-term verton, Hillsboro and Tigard,aloe ? ''
agency became ahalf-partner in financial officer, Bernice Bagnall, plans for Bull Run,Bagnall said,bg g to devise a regional�water organiz- spikes right note. the district
expanding Portland's water gn Y with much of urban Washington anon that would spread Bull Butt board's president, Richard Burke,
xP g sys- projects that in eight years,district late 2019 Tualatin Valley's average County,
tern. customers would pay 95 percent monthly charge would hit$66.27 a expansion costs aEross the area. asked.
month, althoughMartin, who was elected to his Elected officials from each jurisdic- "I think we should get a lot of in-
Gordon Martin, recently elected more for their water if the district that figure does commissioner's seat in March and tion are expected to decide b y Nov.
water district commissioner, rec- half funded items such as a new not account for inflation. P ) put from our ratepayers;" he said,
joined the board July 1,adamantly 15 whether to continue pursuing before going any further with Mar-
ommended last month that the dam and water treatment plant in In a comparable baseline analy- opposes the district ever using the the idea. tin's proposal.
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A proposed Sherwood y•
charter amendment
would give voters the right
to decide the issue
By EMILY TSAO
THEOREGONIAN
SHERWOOD — WashingtonMays said he was not in favor
County is expected to mail bal-
lots today asking residents here cause he did not think it was
whether they want the right to
vote on drinking from the Wil- ' necessary.
lamette River. "In my heart, I don't think it
The charter amendment is belongs on the charter,"he said.
another attempt by citizens in "And in my gut, I believe any
the region to have more say in council would refer it to the vot-
choosing a long-term water ers anyways."
source. Similar measures were The Willamette River debate `
passed in Tigard and Wilsonville has been a heated one in the
in 1999. suburbs and in Sherwood.
But Wilsonville is forging
ahead with construction of a The city had planned to join
Willamette River water treat- its neighbors in building a multi-
ment plant, and some residents million-dollar water treatment
are still worried that Willamette plant along the Willamette. But
water will wind up in their pipes. some vocal residents said the
In August, the Sherwood City water is not safe to drink and
Council decided to place the launched a grass-roots efforts to
charter amendment before its stop the project. •
voters. In March 2000,Sherwood vot-
At a previous meeting resi- ers rejected an$18 million bond
dent Glenn Brostrom asked the measure that would have been
council to place it on the ballot. used for water transmission and
He said his I distribution needs and potenti-
g ro up• had ally assist in construction of the
collected " In my : Willamette treatment plant.
about half the gut, I Residents should receive hal
needed Signa believe any lots next week. Ballots must be
tures to place
the issue on council marked and;6etumed by Nov.6..
the ballot and would refer
probably
would be able it to the
to collect the voters
remaining sig- anyhays. 44
natures.
Councilor
Keith Mays KEITH MAYS
said the coun- SHERWOOD CITY
COUNCILOR
cil members
chose to put it •
on the ballot
because it would give them
some say in the measure's lan-
guage. In Tigard, residents had
- collected the necessary Signa-
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Capital Improvement Program
As part of our mission of stewardship of Portland's ■Dam 2 Tower Improvement and Water
water system resources,the Bureau operates a Quality Inlet This modifies intake towers at Dam
Capital Improvement Program(CIP). Key projects 2(constructed in 1962)to improve operations during
in the current 10-year CIP include floods and seismic loading;and to meet requirements
for fish screening.Future improvements considered
Bull Run Development include multi-level screened gates to allow
Several studies investigate ways to increase water downstream temperature control for fish populations.
supply from the Bull Run Watershed.Increased ■Bull Run Bridge Maintenance funds
capacity enhances flows of water for fish in the Bull
Run River.Initially the studies explore feasibility, evaluation,design,and related services for
environmental assessments,and permitting and improvements to six conduit and roadway bridges in
licensing requirements.Later they will address the Bull Run area.
permitting,design and construction of selected Columbia South Shore Wellfield
expansion projects.
■Groundwater Improvements addresses new
■Bull Run Lake Refill Study examines fire code requirements for use of chlorine and
feasibility of increasing or improving refill from the ammonia and seismic strengthening of piping and
Bull Run River to offset greater seasonal use. tank foundations.The project improves the site to
accommodate a future Aquifer Storage and Recovery
■Bull Run Lake Study provides for technical project.
studies of the natural dam that forms Bull Run Lake
`o improve the lake's capacity,reliability and ®Groundwater System Upgrade increases the
recovery. wellfield's reliable yield from 75 to 100 million
gallons per day.The project rehabilitates existing
I11Bull Run Wells explores the feasibility of tapping wells,adds new wells,pilot tests Aquifer Storage and
the aquifers in the Bull Run watershed to increase Recovery,and improves pipeline capabilities.
supply and reliability.
■Wellhead Protection/Monitoring Wells funds
■Dam 2 Spillway Raise increases dam's height to additional monitoring wells for the regional wellhead
add between one and two billion gallons of storage. protection and groundwater monitoring network.
■Reservoir 3 Feasibility investigates permitting
and constructing a third dam and reservoir to provide Conduits from Bull Run Watershed
an additional 19 to 22 billion gallons of storage. ■Conduit Isolation and Improvements Five
interconnections will allow removing sections of
Bull Run Treatment conduits from service for emergency or routine
Within the next decade,proposed federal regulations maintenance and diversion of flow between the three
will require improvements to water treatment.To conduits.This includes final design and construction
prepare for those regulations,this project conducts a of the first interconnection.
treatment plant siting study,develops a public
decision process,analyzes permitting requirements, °Conduit Relocation — Sandy River Three
and develops an implementation plan. conduits from Bull Run currently cross the Sandy
River on bridges that are between 70 to 100 years
Bull Run Watershed old.Relocating the crossings will reduce
■Dam Improvements and Dam 1 Outlet vulnerability to earthquakes,floods,mudflows,and
Works Preliminary engineering study assesses the other hazards.Relocating and hardening of the
condition and rehabilitation of outlet facilities at Dam crossings will begin to occur within 5 years.
1 constructed in 1929.
■Conduit Vulnerability Reduction Prioritized Mains Program
improvements to the conduits reduce system The City installs,rehabilitates and replaces abot
vulnerability by installing safeguards,rehabilitating miles of water mains each year.This repairs leaks,
trestles,and strengthening pipes and joints. improves fire protection,installs hydrants,and repairs
■Conduit 5 A proposed 96"to 120"conduit or replaces some pipe on bridges.It includes
expansions funded by development.
would carry 250 million gallons a day from Bull Run
to Powell Butte.When constructed,it would replace Pump Stations
two conduits built in 1911 and 1925 which can carry The Bureau operates and maintains more than 30
125 million gallons a day.The project reviews pump stations and 27 decorative fountains.This
preliminary designs,right-of-ways,permitting, project repairs and rehabilitates these facilities.
constraints,costs,and construction phases.
Cooperation With Other Agencies Reservoirs
■BES Adjustments/Parallel Interceptor SW sOpen Reservoirs This project provides for
interim repair and long-term replacement of the five
When the Bureau of Environmental Services
open reservoirs constructed between 1894 and 1911
constructs storm drain and sewer pipelines as part of at Mt.Tabor and Washington Park.
a Combined Sewer Overflow program,the Water
Bureau must sometimes relocate water facilities. ■Powell Butte Reservoirs The Powell Butte
■North Interstate LRT The Water Bureau must Master Plan,developed in cooperation with
neighborhood and interest groups,outlines the City's
relocate and reconstruct the water system along the
proposed use of Powell Butte.The Bureau has one
length of the 5.5 mile MAX light rail transit system 50 million gallon reservoir on the butte.Long-*---Qe
from the Rose Quarter to the Expo Center. plans provide for three more reservoirs.
Distribution Master Plan Regional Water Supply Plan
This program develops a master plan for short-and (RWSP) Revisions
long-term water distribution system issues:aging
facilities,fire protection,growth and added capacity, Review and update of the RWSP will begin in 2001.
vulnerability,reliability,regulatory treatment Tanks
requirements,and the Endangered Species Act. This program funds new construction and
Interstate Operations Facilities rehabilitates more than 70 water storage tanks for
seismic,drainage,and capacity considerations.
Interstate Site Plan Improvements The
Bureau's facility on North Interstate is in need of Transmission of Water
repairs and improvements to increase efficiency and ■East/West Header Crossing strengthens links
reduce seismic vulnerability.This project provides between Powell Butte,Mt.Tabor and storage at
for additional security,reduces office space costs, Washington Park based on age and condition of rive
upgrades the facility for seismic safety,and crossings and associated header pipe interconnections.
constructs a new Emergency Operations Center and
support facilities. ■Transmission Mains constructs new and
replacement pipelines,prevents corrosive
sWater Control Center Project expands and deterioration,and replaces key valves.
maintains the central supervisory control and
electronic monitoring of the water system:installs Water System Security
flow and pressure sensors at critical locations,
This addresses security improvements for fa s,
expands monitoring of key locations,and maintains systems,and operations.It will also suggest
parts the monitoring system. priorities,budgets and schedules for improvements.
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\\\ Sherwood
water rule,
King City
annex pass
Sherwood residents over-
whelmingly approved a charter
amendment that requires voter
approval for the city to draw
drinking water from the Willam-
ette River, according to nearly
complete but unofficial returns
Tuesday evening.
And King City citizens voted
overwhelmingly to annex a 17-
acre parcel to be used for open
space.
About 86 percent of those
who cast ballots in Sherwood
voted in favor.
The results did not surprise
resident Glenn Brostrom, the
chief petitioner of the initiative
effort.
"This is,I guess,an indication
that the voters want to be in-
cluded in certain decision-
making," he said Tuesday eve-
Sherwood joins Tigard and
Wilsonville in having such char-
ter amendments. In Tualatin,
the City Council is expected
soon to put a similar measure
before voters.
Sherwood's charter amend-
ment comes as construction on
a Willamette River treatment
plant is under way in Wilson-
ville. That city plans to use the
plant, but activists in neighbor-
ing cities are worried Willamette
water might wind up in their
pipes.
In King City,about 76 percent
of voters said yes to the annexa-
tion. The acreage belongs to a
larger tax lot, part of which was
annexed in May.
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I'd prefer to see a much more :f,i...`. SOurcesSav' " - The clean water activists who
0. i_ oppose the current negotiations
gdual approach;;t-,~:the region," �".; : �,. �... ..: -
s% Kathy:;Newcd n .of"Citizens.,, The Tribun ted p4rticipants in this.story to,choose one thought. plan to make their case at the pub-
for'Safe Water. "It should start _:=t hey would most like to sharewith,readers.Their,responses: lie hearings.In addition to worry- .
with the Bull Run Watershed,and ing about the Willamette River,
ndthingelse:isnee'dedattristime'"' .:,i KathyNewcomb,.Citizens,for Safe_Water'`BasicfalIy,the water. they are concerned that the staff- •
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ers should ha*a voice in choosing Who's makin tte•decisions developed criteria.call for the re
Na�Villalllette Water,please •ut`water resources.in this area.,The regional•ag r ythat s un-
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that the:Willamette River could be "� `"t" " f �i rv. Under the proposed criteria,the
come of there onalwater mix iu rQrrlixtrssronter i ee sOuei� T till R he rlac t pas:l then 12 water providers would-each ap-
Part `inure.Piittrn"g all three roup Mill pun,Claekatnas River and
"`Everyone luiows the Willamette . $fad k:River)intp o i` ti'blicly owned'd •;.`olrra ie in point a member to the board of the
is polluted with sewa a and indus- x regional agent The.activists be-
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trial waste,”said Newcomb;whose: " ° Iieve'the board should be directly
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