Making Quality Water – Tour the CRW Water Treatment Plant

Making Quality Water – Tour the CRW Water Treatment Plant One of the important components of providing safe drinking water is to have effective treatment.  Clackamas River Water (CRW) was pleased to work with our partners at Clackamas River Water Providers to put together a virtual tour of the CRW Water Treatment Plant.  Get a…

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Top Ten Tips to Save Water

Here is a collection of the top ten water conservation tips available. Go Native Use native plants in your landscape. They look great, and don’t need much water or fertilizer. Also choose grass varieties for your lawn that are adapted for your region’s climate, reducing the need for extensive watering or chemical applications. Turn It…

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Fun Facts about Water

A few fun facts about water  Only 3% of Earth’s water is fresh water.  97% of the water on Earth is salt water. The water found at the Earth’s surface in lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, and swamps makes up only 0.3% of the world’s fresh water. 68.7% of the fresh water on Earth is trapped in…

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Weekly Watering Guidelines

View your Weekly Watering Number here.      Watering Guidelines   There is no need to water established plants this week despite the warmer weather we’ve had. Generally speaking, the heavy rainfall over the next several days will keep soils moist.  That said, newer plantings, as well as those in pots or under shelter, may need supplemental watering.…

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The Cost of Water

I recently had the privilege of serving the people of the San Quintin Valley in Baja California, Mexico. The majority of the Baja Peninsula has had drought conditions for six years now. Water is an extremely valuable commodity everywhere but comes with a great price on the Baja Peninsula. Even with an exchange rate of…

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The work of the CRW Board

Elected Officials and staff from Clackamas River Water (CRW), Oregon City and Sunrise Water Authority reached an agreement that was mutually beneficial to the parties.  The agreement insures that CRW will not oppose any annexation by Oregon City and that Oregon City will reimburse CRW for lost infrastructure.  In reaching this agreement each of the…

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Waterwise Plants

There’s more to waterwise gardening than cacti and rock! The Pacific Northwest has many spectacular native, hybrid native, and other plants adapted to local climate and soil conditions. Once established, native and adapted plants are very low maintenance, require little to no pesticides or fertilizers, and survive well on minimal water. Read below to learn more about how…

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Heavy Rain and Strong Wind!

A wet storm system has settled over the Northwest. This system will produce frequent showers and possibly thunderstorms this afternoon. The current system will give way to a much more threatening weather system Tuesday afternoon. The current forecast is for strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday through Thursday. Persistent rain may make flooding a real…

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Shade, Streams, and Salmon!

Over 86,000 trees and shrubs are here to shade! The Shade our Streams program is bringing attractive natives like western red cedar, big leaf maple, salmon berry, red-osier dogwood, swamp rose, elderberry, and many others to the Clackamas watershed this winter. Shade Our Streams is a community tree planting project that will improve water quality and habitat in the Clackamas…

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