As part of our ongoing on-call land use and environmental planning work with the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES), Winterbrook Planning has been helping with the permitting for the Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment plant improvements. These improvements will help to increase the plants capacity in order to deal with rising population of the Portland metro area:

The Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant is constructing two new clarifiers as part of its Secondary Treatment Expansion Program. A $5.35 million construction permit was recently issued for the clarifiers.

The Secondary Treatment Expansion Program is the largest improvement project to the treatment plant at 5001 N. Columbia Boulevard in Portland since the 1970s, according to the City of Portland, the project owner. The improvements, designed by architect Jacobs Engineering Group and constructed by Kiewit Infrastructure, will increase the treatment plant’s resiliency, protect water quality and provide healthier work environments for workers. –DJC Oregon

This isn’t the first time this hugely impactful project has made it into DJC Oregon.