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Nov 29,2008
Protect Your Home Plumbing from Cold Snaps
by jenniferd
The Portland Water Bureau reminds all customers to protect your indoor and outdoor plumbing from the cold weather -- it's coming! Click here for tips on protecting your indoor plumbing Click here for tips on protecting your outdoor plumbing Freezing temperatures can challenge the city's water infrastructure and your household's water pipes. Be prepared this year. Jennie Day-Burget Public Information Officer
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Nov 21,2008
Portland Water Bureau Turns Off Groundwater Supply
by jenniferd
The Portland Water Bureau turned off its groundwater supply system this morning. The system has supplied Water Bureau customers with drinking water since high levels of turbidity forced the bureau to turn off its primary Bull Run water supply last week. "This was an unusual run of groundwater." said Water Bureau Administrator David Shaff. "When intense rain in the Bull Run causes excessive turbidity, that rain is generally followed by more rain which flushes the turbidity out. In this case, there was no more rain, so the levels of turbidity in the watershed remained above acceptable serving levels. Flushing has taken a bit longer than normal." While both of the bureau's water sources, the Bull Run watershed and the Columbia South Shore Well Field (CSSWF) meet and exceed all federal drinking water standards, the bureau relies primarily on the Bull Run source to provider customers with drinking water. The CSSWF is maintained as an emergency back-up for event
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Nov 13,2008
Water Bureau Temporarily Turns Off Bull Run Water Supply
by jenniferd
The Water Bureau temporarily turned off the Bull Run water supply system this morning due to increased turbidity in the watershed. The bureau activated groundwater wells in the Columbia South Shore Well Field to temporarily serve water to Portland. Recent heavy rains and increased stream flows in the Bull Run watershed have contributed to this rapid increase in turbidity. Turbidity is a measurement of the cloudiness of (drinking) water by suspended particles. Portland is one of six large drinking water systems in the country that does not filter its water supply. The city is able to comply with federal drinking water regulations by continuously meeting a set of filtration avoidance criteria. Portland has been able to consistently meet these criteria, but it occasionally has to shut down the Bull Run system and operate from its backup groundwater supply when storms and other natural disturbances in the Bull Run reservoirs increase the turbidity. The Surface Water Treatment Rule
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Oct 23,2008
Night, Night City Fountains
by jenniferd
One by one, the Portland Water Bureau is putting its fountains to sleep for the winter. So, if you haven't gotten in your quality time, better do it ... like today! Very few remain awake. So far, Water Bureau Fountain Man John Bee has turned off: Lovejoy Fountain Animals in Pools Fountains Skidmore Fountain Holladay Park Fountain McCoy Fountain Elk Fountain Salmon Street Springs Fountain Ira Keller Fountain Jamison Square Fountain The Water Bureau turns fountains off for the winter in order to prevent their fountain-parts from being damaged by the cold and also to have a chance to do any necessary maintenance and repair work. To find out which fountains are still running, visit www.portlandonline.com/water/fountains Sleep tight fountains. See you in the springtime! Jennie Day-Burget Portland Water Bureau
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Aug 27,2008
Presentation Leads Water Blogmistress to Strong Realization
by jenniferd
I had a really neat experience yesterday. I was invited to the adidas campus, located in North Portland, to talk about the excellent quality of Portland's tap water . The folks over at adidas have organized a group of "sustainability ambassadors," who are working to improve "green" practices at their company, from head to toe. The idea is that the ambassadors meet periodically and not only decide on changes they would like to implement company-wide, but also to learn information to transmit to co-workers. I spent about 1/2 hour talking to this group of people about Portland's great tap water and worked on dispelling many of the myths and fears that people have about drinking from the tap . I was delighted that they not only listened incredibly intently to my presentation, but they also asked some great follow-up questions. I could tell that this group was really thinking about what I had told them. They even invited me back for their health fair in October. T
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Aug 26,2008
North River Plan News
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RIVER PLAN NEWS August 25, 2008Planning for the land along the Willamette River
City of Portland | Bureau of Planning IN THIS ISSUE
1. Planning Commission Briefing
2. Join the River Team at Riverfest
3. River Plan / North Reach Tentative Schedule Change ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Planning Commission Briefing
On Tuesday, August 26th, planning staff will brief the Planning Commission on River Plan / North Reach natural resource and economic information. Meeting details:
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at approximately 8:15 pm
Planning Bureau, Room 2500A (2nd Floor)
1900 SW 4th Avenue
Portland, OR 97201 Click here to plan your trip using public transportation: TriMet Trip Planner
For more information call the Planning Bureau at (503) 823-7700 or visit the Planning Commission website . 2. Join the River Team at Riverfest
The River Team will take part in the Riverfest Community Fair at Tom McCall Waterfront Part
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Aug 19,2008
Blog-Off Day 2: What Will Tuesday Bring to our Blog-Off Bloggers?
by jenniferd
Tuesday's Blog-Off Challenge sent by The Mercury's Amy Ruiz: This challenge is courtesy of a reader: "I'd like to hear a response plan from each agency on a Nessie-esque beast in the water reservoirs. Assume it is dangerous, eating skinny dippers, dragging dogs underwater, etc." News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact, August 19, 2008
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Aug 18,2008
Blogging on "The Blog-Off"
by jenniferd
Today is the first day of the rest of my blogging life -- The 2008 Blog-Off: Water Blog vs. Cross Blog . Today I will begin my first of five posts that puts those pesky Cross Bloggers in their place -- managing emergencies and begging for blood. Not blogging. Here's today's challenge and my instructions to you, faithful and loyal readers: Today's challenge presented by local media: Base a post on the following news article that's relevant to your organization. Difficulty level: Way easy http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/world/asia/19pstan.html?hp -Presented by Corey Pein of Willamette Week and Amy Ruiz of the Portland Mercury As I'm sure you already read a couple weeks ago, the Water Blog won the Mercury's pre-game, favorite blog contest , fair and square, so I know we can take the cake this week too. So, here's the skinny and how you can help -- Points are scored based on the number of comments coming in, positively assessing or jus
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Aug 5,2008
Portland Water Bureau Says, "Bring it On!" to Red Cross Blog, Blog-Off Challenge
by jenniferd
As "Blogmistress" to the city's famed Portland Water Bureau, Water Blog , I get a lot of interesting things coming through my office -- but I must say, the most interesting suggestion yet showed up in my inbox last week -- A Blog-Off, presented to the Water Blog by the local Red Cross Blog . Fearing that Water Bureau Administrator David Shaff would laugh me out of his office, I meekly presented this idea to him, because quite frankly, I thought it was pretty durn cool. Much to my delight, he agreed and even liked the idea, blessing me to go forth and blog prosper. So, beginning August 18th, Blog-Off 2008 will ensue between our two blogs. I couldn't be more excited because to be quite honest, we take blogging and The Water Blog pretty seriously around here. Though I do try to keep the Water Blog light, there is some super important information that I post on there. I know that the Red Cross Blog also posts really important stuff -- so it's mandatory for both of our blog
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