Water

Water Shut-off
City personnel can assist with water shut-offs for home/business owners in the case of a leak, needed repair, or emergency. Please contact Maintenance (503) 635-0280 to get your water turned off.

Construction is underway to upgrade the Lake Oswego Tigard Water Treatment Plant (WTP) located in West Linn. Lake Oswego’s original water treatment plant was constructed in this location in 1968, in what was then unincorporated Clackamas County. The facility has treated Clackamas River water to high-quality drinking water standards for almost 50 years.

In August 2008, the cities of Lake Oswego and Tigard formally endorsed a partnership agreement for sharing drinking water resources and costs. Lake Oswego's water supply facilities were undersized, aging and seismically weak. Tigard has long sought ownership in a secure, dependable water source and both cities wanted to keep water rates affordable for their residents.

If you are experiencing odd tasting, odorous, or colored water there are basically two causes that could be occurring:

• A problem with the City of Lake Oswego source water.
• An interaction of disinfection agents with a build-up of organic material in your home's plumbing system.

Lake Oswego's Interactive Maps allow the user to navigate the map by zooming in and out, search the map by address, tax lot number, or intersection, turn layers on and off, including aerial photography, click on a property or other features to obtain information, use tools to markup and print a map, use measurement tools, change maps to a selection of pre-set layers, and use quick links to...

The water meter is a City owned device that measures the quantity of water used by a citizen or business. It is the device that meter readers read for every billing cycle to determine water usage.  It is important to help the meter reader by maintaining the area around your meter.