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Ask a water expert: How do wildfires impact our drinking water?
Whether it’s a wildfire, a drought, or severe flooding, climate change impacts how we deliver water now and in the future. We’re always looking for ways to be prepared and build a more resilient water system.
Prior to the Camp Creek Fire in the Bull Run Watershed, Water Quality Engineer Mac Gifford shared how he and his team were studying ways to best treat drinking water after a forest fire. Our scientists mixed ash collected from regional forest fires into batches of water from the Bull Run Reservoirs, our primary water source, before running those batches through a filtration process. Ash from the Camp Creek Fire is now being added to the study too. This pilot study will help us better understand how to operate our upcoming filtration facility.
Scheduled to be fully operational in 2027, the filtration facility will remove organic materials like dirt and ash from our water.
Learn more from Mac about how we’re keeping our water safe for generations to come with filtration
 Digging deep: Site excavation sets stage for new facility
Over the summer, contractors have been preparing the filtration facility site for construction by improving the access road, mobilizing equipment, and setting up temporary utilities. A small fleet of earthmovers has been hard at work while the weather is dry and soils are easier to move.
In the project area, there are freshly resurfaced roads and bright orange signs in place to help direct construction truck traffic on designated haul and detour routes. Soon, construction trucks will begin using these routes to remove stockpiled soils from the facility site.
Meanwhile, crews have been mobilizing equipment, installing a noise barrier, and getting ready for work at the “tunnel site” where new pipeline will be installed deep underground to bring unfiltered water from our existing water system to the future facility by gravity for treatment.
Wondering what’s happening next? We have lots of ways for community members to satisfy their curiosity and stay up to date on project progress. For the latest, check out our project website, read our e-newsletter, or join our monthly neighbor meetings.
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Stay updated on construction activity There are several ways to stay up to date on the latest construction activity.
Bull Run Filtration: Neighbor update meeting
The Water Bureau will host an online community meeting to update neighbors on the progress of Bull Run Filtration Project construction.
Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024
Time: 6 p.m.
Where: Zoom meeting (register to attend)
Can’t make this neighbor update meeting? Join us at the next Coffee with the Contractor on November 14.
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About the Bull Run Treatment Projects
To comply with federal Safe Drinking Water Act regulations, the Portland Water Bureau is planning a water filtration facility and related pipelines, and recently completed an improved corrosion control treatment facility. The Bull Run Treatment Projects will provide consistent, high-quality drinking water that meets today’s water quality standards, helps address aging infrastructure concerns and future risks and regulations, and improves system resilience to help keep our water safe and abundant for generations to come.
Learn more at portland.gov/BullRunProjects
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