2055 NE 238th Drive   .   Wood Village, OR 97060-1095   .   Phone: (503) 667-6211   .   Fax: (503) 669-8723   .   city@ci.wood-village.or.us

Recent and Current Projects

  • Water Meter Replacement Program

    New Water Meters

    The City of Wood Village has implemented a water meter replacement program. Many of the water meters presently in service are old and are of an obsolete manual read technology requiring physically reading each meter every billing cycle.  Due to age, the older meters are no longer reading usage accurately.  The City is initiating a replacement program since most of the current meters in service will not support the new “touch-read” technology.  No more physically reading the meters by lifting the lid, cleaning the meter faces and reading the numbers that are sometimes obscured by water or soil.

    The meters selected to replace the existing meters are highly accurate. They have no moving parts to wear out so the new meters will record accurately throughout the life of their 20 year warranty. They  are read by simply touching the lid with a hand held wand. The reading is recorded electronically, stored in the receiver and downloaded at City Hall with little chance of human error. This technology speeds up the reading process, reduces errors and is expandable, allowing future technology that will require even less time and labor.

    Some of the meters in service at this time are currently being read using this touch-read technology. Those meters will not be replaced until they reach their life expectancy of about 15 years. Mechanical meters (the older style) one inch in diameter and smaller, typically residential meters, that do not support “touch-read” will be updated in this first phase.

    We will be contacting each customer prior to updating their meter. Customers will be informed of the date range we expect to accomplish the work. The process will normally take less than 30 minutes. Other than being out of water service for the time it takes to change the meter the only other inconvenience may be air in the line.  If that occurs customers should simply run their water until the air is gone and clear water is coming out of the fixture. Funding for this project came from user fees for Water service in the City.

    Please feel free to contact City Hall with any quetions.  503-667-6211 or City@ci.Wood-Village.or.us

  • Water Conservation plan
  •  Expansion and updating of Reservoir No. 1: The reservoir capacity was increased from 250,000 gallons to 500,000 gallons, seismic upgrades were completed and a new liner was installed along with some new piping and level sensing equipment. The result is a better storage for  fire fighting and increased system capacity.

  • Construction of the Sandy Boulevard Force Main: This facility  increased the capacity of the trunk line to move wastewater to the Gresham treatment plant. This project is the result of  agreements with Fairview and Gresham.  The line is shared with the City of Fairview, and during heavy rain and thaw events it can become surcharged which could cause sewage spills. This new force main will prevent any potential surcharging problems and  consists of a 10” force main, wet wells, pumps and stand-by power.

 

  • Flow monitoring: It is necessary to properly manage the wastewater collection system to know where flows originate. The new flow monitoring equipment assists in determining whether the collection system is sized correctly and where critical flows originate so appropriate actions can be taken.

 

  • Arata Road to Halsey Street sewer line upgrade: This project was a challenge.  The existing sewer line was undersized and in need of bringing up to future City requirements.  The alignment prohibited the use of normal sewer line construction techniques and caused us to explore alternatives that have taken time, money and effort that is abnormal for a project this  size. We prevailed and completed the project within budget, and realigned and upsized the line with new pipe and manholes to meet future needs.

 


  • Reservoir No. 1 Booster Station Alternative: This project resulted in fully connecting the upper and lower water pressure zones so all of the wells will be available to provide water citywide.  The original idea was to install a booster station.  City Utility Worker Loren Wilton came up with the idea of utilizing our state of the art well station and a series of valves to pump water to the upper zone.  This project saved the City thousands of dollars in construction and maintenance costs.