 Giving thanks for our water’s future
There’s plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season at the site of the Bull Run Filtration Project. This once-in-a-generation investment is more than just a concrete and steel construction project. It’s our commitment to providing safe, clean, and abundant drinking water for generations to come. When complete, the new filtration facility will protect public health, support our regional economy, and make our water system more resilient to the increasing risks of wildfires, heavy storms, and landslides.
After land use permits were reapproved this summer, construction crews returned to the 94-acre site in East Multnomah County and work is moving forward again. Each day—often in tough weather—hundreds of workers carry out the demanding work of excavation, concrete placement, pipeline installation, and other construction activities. We are deeply thankful for the many carpenters, electricians, plumbers, pipe fitters, iron workers, masons, and other talented craftspeople who are bringing this complex facility to life. Their skill and steady effort are reflected in the major progress taking place across the site.
This project would not be possible without the community members, elected officials, public health experts, and thousands of workers who show up every day to keep Portland’s water safe and clean. We are grateful for your commitment and foresight. Today, the project is creating meaningful jobs that support local families, skilled trades, and small businesses.
We are also very thankful for the neighbors who live and work near the future facility. We know that construction is disruptive. We appreciate your patience and understanding as the project moves forward and we’re committed to being a good neighbor.
We can’t forget how grateful we are for the abundant source of water that comes from the Bull Run watershed every day. Bull Run is loved by our community and is important to the quality of life in the Portland area today and in the future. We take pride in being good stewards of this precious natural resource.
We wish you a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
Filtration construction update
At the facility site, workers are making steady progress. Work that got rolling in November includes pouring the foundations for the administration and maintenance buildings, installing underground utilities for the facility’s main electrical complex, and continuing concrete work on basins and structures that support the treatment process.
In early December, the City of Sandy will start construction to install one mile of pipe just south of the new water filtration facility. The pipe will be installed primarily along the Bluff Road right-of-way, between Proctor and Hudson roads, and will help connect their existing pipeline system to the facility.
Along our pipeline routes, our crews are working one section at a time and have installed more than 5,300 feet of new water pipeline so far. Work is ongoing in our easement between Lusted Road and Dodge Park Boulevard and just getting started at the Altman Road and Lusted Road intersection and at Lusted Road near the county line.
At the intertie site off Lusted Road, workers are excavating an area for an underground vault. The vault will contain valves and interconnections between the single water pipeline that connects to the filtration facility and the two water pipelines that will soon be installed along Lusted Road near the Altman Road intersection.
To learn more about what’s happening at the construction sites, visit Portland.gov/filtrationconstruction.
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