January Public Meetings

The next Commission meeting is scheduled for January 10, 2012.  Commission meetings are held at 1:30 p.m. at the Hillsboro Civic Center, Room 207.  If you have questions or agenda items, please e-mail or call (503) 615-6702.

In addition, Hillsboro Water will host two public meetings for the Crandall Reservoir Project: 

A Neighborhood Update Meeting, which will include information about a permit request for an extended work hours noise variance from Washington County, will be held at 7:00 on January 12, 2012, at Evergreen Middle School. 

On January 17, 2012, a meeting regarding hydroelectric power generation at the Reservoir site will be held at 2:00 p.m., in Room 113B of the Civic Center.

Click here for details on the Crandall Reservoir meetings.

Valve Repair at the Barney Reservoir: 

Repairing distribution system valves is a pretty standard operation for the Hillsboro Water Department – except when the valve that needs repaired is located 60 feet underwater at the bottom of a lake. 

Barney Reservoir, one of two reservoirs that provide summertime water to Hillsboro and western Washington County, was purposely drained to its lowest level in over 12 years to allow for repairs both above and below the water.  It was a slow-going process, not unlike draining a bathtub, that began in April and took over five months to accomplish. 

Water Department staff worked with contractors and divers to perform the repairs and maintenance work.  Replacement of three hydraulic cylinders took place out of water, but divers were able to make other repairs and perform inspection beneath the surface, once the water was lowered to a more accessible level for longer dive times.

The project has been completed and as long as the coast range experiences a “typical” rainy Oregon winter, the Barney Reservoir should fill to capacity again sometime in spring 2012.