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It’s Clear: Your Drinking Water is Pure and Safe
Lake Oswego and Tigard’s water systems meet or exceed every State and Federal drinking water requirement for safe water.
Before it gets to your drinking glass, your water is tested for over 90 contaminants from customer locations throughout Lake Oswego and Tigard. Sourced from the Clackamas River, your water goes through multiple stages of treatment and filtration to provide water to more than 90,000 residents every day.
Tigard marks 'independence' not with fireworks but waterworks
by Mark Miller, The Times - June 19, 2017
There were no bands, parades or skyrockets in flight to mark the occasion, but Tigard officials celebrated "Water Independence Day" earlier this month.
On June 9, 2016, the water supply Tigard had been purchasing from the Portland Water Bureau was shut off — and taps within Tigard's service area began pouring water from the Clackamas River.
Open link to external content ➧All work complete at the Waluga Reservoir Site!
Waluga Reservoir 1 Roof Replacement Construction Update
Construction and site restoration was completed last month for the WR1 roof replacement project! The 4 million gallon reservoir is back online, servicing Tigard and Lake Oswego. The pathways through the reservoir site are now reopened.
Neighbors, thank you for your continued patience throughout construction and replacement of the WR1 roof.
Ozone system up and running; WTP paving to take place next week
Water Treatment Plant Construction Update
Major site work is expected to be complete in June. Unfortunately, due to record-setting wet weather, installation of the landscaping has been extended until late July. Crews have been postponed with completing site work and installing the irrigation system due to saturated soil conditions across the site. This has also pushed back installation of the hundreds of trees, shrubs and groundcovers to be installed across the 9-acre site.
National Drinking Water Week – May 7-13
Your Water: to know it is to love it
The average American uses 100 gallons of water a day. How often do you think about how our water is purified, or what it goes through in order to reach our homes? Behind the tap is a complex network of infrastructure, and at the heart of Lake Oswego and Tigard’s system is a new, state-of-the-art water treatment plant which produces and delivers fresh, safe, reliable drinking water year-round. It’s where all the magic happens!
To celebrate drinking water week (May 7-13), we are sharing the story behind the magic of clean drinking water - how Clackamas River water is treated and purified to exceed safe drinking water standards for Lake Oswego and Tigard communities.
