Water Environment Services
Join the Clackamas River Basin Council for an evening of learning and discussion on Integrated Pest Management! Bring the family, friends, dogs and any pest, gardening or management questions. Click here to register.
About our speakers:
Silvia Rondin (she/her)
Oregon State University
Director – OIPMC
Join the Clackamas River Basin Council for an evening of learning and discussion on the devastating invasive insect the Emerald Ash Borer at Oregon City Brewing in Oregon City! Bring the family and any Emerald Ash Borer or other invasive insect questions. Click here to register.
About the speakers:
Drew Donahue
Multi-County Riparian Technician for Clackamas, Yamhill, and Marion SWCDs.
Grab your kiddos and join us at the park for a Public Works get together! Kids can enjoy making their very own special dirt cup dessert, participate in a handful of activities, as well as climb aboard some of the City’s BIG RIGS! Learn more about the event.
In celebration of Earth Day, the City of Milwaukie is hosting a volunteer event in downtown Milwaukie. Volunteers will choose from three focus areas including removing invasive plants, picking up trash, or helping to maintain vegetated bump-outs along Main St. Please wear weather-appropriate clothing and shoes for uneven or muddy terrain.
What's provided:
Join SOLVE for the wrap-up event of the Waterway Cleanup Series, sponsored by Clackamas Water Environment Services on October 15 at High Rocks Park along the Clackamas River.
All ages welcome! Join us on May 7 at Meldrum Bark Park to kick off our 8th year partnering with SOLVE for the Waterway Cleanup Series. Removal of litter along our waterways serves our mission to protect water quality in Clackamas County by implementing programs that reduce pollution to rivers, streams and wetlands.
Join the North Clackamas Watersheds Council on May 17 for the second annual Kellogg Creek BioBlitz!
Help us identify and document the plants, birds, insects, and other wildlife that are currently present in and around the soon-to-be restored Kellogg Creek.
Last year, 75 volunteers documented over 171 different species of plants, birds, fungi, fish and more in the natural areas surrounding the Kellogg Impoundment during our 2-hour surveys and we can’t wait to see what we find this year.
Clackamas Water Environment Services (WES) owns and operates the sewer system that carries wastewater from homes and businesses in Happy Valley and nearby areas to our treatment facilities. To ensure we can continue providing safe and reliable sewer service in the future, we need to make improvements and upgrades to the Intertie 2 Pump Station.
The Intertie 2 Pump Station diverts wastewater from one treatment plant, the Kellogg Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility, to another, the Tri-City Water Resource Recovery Facility. The pump station was built to be expanded as the area grows. It is now almost at full capacity. This project will add a new pump and new pipes to connect to a new 30-inch force main.
Currently, the pump station moves wastewater using a 20-inch-diameter pipe. Building the new 30-inch force main will help pump more wastewater and increase the station’s capacity. Parts of the 30-inch pipe were built in 2012, and this project will finish the construction of the remaining sections.
Pump stations are used to help transport fluids from one point to another. They play an integral role in sanitary sewer collection systems. Our sewer system relies on pump stations, or lift stations, to push wastewater from point A to point B, especially in cases where gravity can’t move flow from a low-lying area to higher ground.
How pump stations work
A force main is a pressurized sanitary sewer pipe. Force mains are used where gravity is insufficient to move wastewater through a sewer line.
From approximately May 12 to July 11, pipes along Johnson Road, in Segment B of the map above, between HWY 224 and SE Theissen Rd, will be relocated in preparation for sewer expansion work that is planned to start in September 2025. Construction will be performed by Tapani, Inc. This work will result in some traffic delays, detours, and disruptions.
Additional schedule details will be posted as we have them.
The total cost of the project is estimated at $23,650,000.
The IT2 Pump Station Expansion and 30-inch Force Main project is part of WES’ Capital Improvement Plan. As such, it is a planned expense that has been included in budget discussions and rate studies. We are committed to keeping rates affordable while meeting the needs of growing communities and replacing old infrastructure.
The specific construction impacts are not yet known. There will likely be traffic impacts along SE Johnson Rd and SE McKinley Ave in Clackamas, SE Cason Rd and SE 82nd Drive in Gladstone, and Washington St. in Oregon City. We will share details of construction impacts when more is known.
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