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The City of Estacada located at the base of the Clackamas River Gorge and the Mt. Hood National Forest serves a population of 3,085 from the Clackamas River. The treatment plant has a capacity of 2 million gallons per day (MGD). Average production in 2007 was 0.5 MGD , while peak demand was 0.7 MGD. The City has a storage capacity of 1.25 million gallons. Preventive and corrective maintenance is routinely performed at these facilities for safe and cost-effective operations. For more information visit the City of Estacada here.

The City of Tigard, located in Washington County, provides water to 60,000 residents in Durham, King City, two-thirds of Tigard, and the Tigard Water District. Through the Lake Oswego/Tigard Water Partnership the City of Tigard gets all of its water from the Clackamas River.  For more information visit City of Tigard’s Website here. or Lotigard Water.

The City of Lake Oswego, located in Clackamas County, serves over 39,000 people with approximately 11,532 service connections, in an 11.2 square mile area. The water source originates from the Clackamas River Basin. Once withdrawn from the Clackamas River, the water is pumped through a pipeline buried beneath the Willamette River to the City’s Water Treatment Plant located in West Linn. During the hot summer months, Lake Oswego has one groundwater well to augment water supply. For more information click to visit the City of Lake Oswego’s website.

Clackamas River Water (CRW) is a regional water service provider organized under Chapter 264 of the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) as a special district.Special Districts are autonomous government entities that are accountable to the voters in the areas they serve. CRW provides clean, safe drinking water to a population of about 50,000 directly, and up to 80,000 people are served when the populations of wholesale customers are included. CRW has maintained more than 45 years of exceptional water treatment plant operation, providing water to nearly 12,000 service connections, and maintaining a distribution system consisting of approximately 262 miles of pipeline, 15 reservoirs, and 11 pump stations.

CRW was created in July 1995 by the consolidation of the Clackamas Water District and the Clairmont Water District. Clackamas Water District was originally formed in 1926. It absorbed the former Stanley Water District in 1979 and merged with Barwell Park Water District in 1991. Clairmont was originally formed in 1959 and was merged with the Redland and Holcomb-Outlook Water Districts in 1983.  Vistis CRW’s website by clicking here.

The City of Gladstone maintains three reservoirs and approximately 40 miles of water pipe within its distribution system. The City serves a population of over 12,000 people, in 4 sq miles at the confluence of the Clackamas River and the Willamette River, and consumes an average of 1.2 million gallons a day. The City also has ownership in the North Clackamas County Water Commission treatment plant which treats water from the Clackamas River. For more information visit City of Gladstone.

Oak Lodge Water Services was officially formed as of January 1st, 2017. Prior to January 2017, two districts serviced the Oak Grove area. Oak Lodge Water provided drinking water and Oak Lodge Sanitary provided sanitary sewer and surface water. In May 2016, voters in the district passed a measure to consolidate the two districts into a single district.

The district serves approximately 33,000 people in the Oak Grove/Jennings Lodge communities, within 9 square miles. The distribution system includes four reservoirs with a combined capacity of 15.6 million gallons. The district operates three pump stations and is divided into three pressure zones. Customers are served by approximately 90 miles of water mains and pipes, nearly 700 fire hydrants, and 8,700 service connections. Oak Lodge is one of the owners of the North Clackamas County Water Commission treatment plant which treats water from the Clackamas River. For more information regarding Oak Lodge, Water District visit here.

The Sunrise Water Authority was formed November 9, 2000, when the Mt. Scott Water District and the Damascus Water District merged. Sunrise Water Authority currently serves a population of approximately 45,000 through 10,023 service connections in the Happy Valley/Damascus area. Sunrise’s system is composed of 170 miles of pipe and 12 reservoirs with a total combined capacity of 14.7 million gallons. Water supplied to their customers is a combination of groundwater drawn from 6 wells located within Sunrise’s boundaries and surface water drawn from the Clackamas River. Sunrise Water Authority is co-owner of the North Clackamas County Water Commission water treatment plant. For more information about Sunrise visit here.

South Fork Water Board is a water treatment plant that treats water from the Clackamas River and is jointly owned by the Cities of Oregon City and West Linn. In addition to selling water to Oregon City and West Linn, South Fork has two wholesale customers, Clackamas River South or the old Clairmont Water District and the North Clackamas County Water Commission for winter water, providing water to approximately 64,000 people in Clackamas County.

South Fork’s current system includes the water intake just off Clackamas River Drive a pipeline up the hill from the river to the site of the water treatment plant, a transmission pipeline from the treatment plant to Oregon City and West Linn distribution connections, and a pump station to boost treated water to the higher elevation of both Oregon City and West Linn. The treatment plant capacity is approximately 23 MGD and the peak day to date is approximately 19.3 MGD during the summer of 2002. For more information about South Fork Water Board visit here.