COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
RAMP
from A1
Corporation will begin
during the week of June
22.
Currently, the plant’s
production capacity of
fi ltered water runs at 4
million gallons per day.
Once completed late this
summer, the project will
increase the city’s capacity
to 6 million gallons.
Th e need for expansion
is two-fold.
“First, it off ers redun-
dancy in our plant,” said
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velopment Director Faye
Stewart.
In the winter months,
the city uses around 1 mil-
lion gallons, and in sum-
mer a little over 3 million
gallons per day. With two
fi lter banks able to pro-
duce 2 million gallons per
day each, the failure of
one may prevent the plant
from meeting the water
needs of the city. A third
rack would ensure that
doesn’t happen.
Th e redundancy may
also serve to fi ght fi res as
recent years have seen an
uptick in fi re emergencies.
“We’ll be able to pro-
duce more water on de-
mand and that will help if
we have a large fi re,” said
Stewart.
Th e expansion will also
allow the city to perfect its
water rights for the site.
Th e city has upwards
of 12 million gallons of
water rights on paper and
the added capacity of the
plant will perfect 6 million
gallons.
“It’s projected that the
6-million-gallons-a-day
fi ltration system should
be able to meet all of our
needs well into the year
2050 for the City of Cot-
tage Grove,” Stewart said.
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Meanwhile, work con-
tinues at the city’s waste-
water treatment plant by
R&G Excavation, which
is currently focused for
the next two weeks on the
construction of berms for
the storage of 12 million
gallons of treated effl uent
during the warm months
of the year.
“It’s important because
the city has a discharge
permit with DEQ (Ore-
gon Department of En-
vironmental
Quality)
and EPA (Environmental
Protection Agency),” said
Stewart.
Because discharge is
limited to the Coast Fork
of the Willamette River
during the warm months
of the year, the storage will
give the city greater capac-
ity to pump the stored wa-
ter to the city’s golf course,
the I-5 interchange at exit
174 and various city parks.
Middlefi eld
Golf
Course, owned by the city,
is currently used to re-
lease effl uent as irrigation.
However, during rain,
the city lacks a place to
discharge other than the
river.
Scheduled for comple-
tion in January 2021, the
project will allow the city
to store effl uent on those
days and start irrigation
in Bohemia Park and
Trailhead Park, adding 35
acres of irrigatable land.
Th is will also help pre-
vent from violating the
city’s discharge permit.
Stewart also feels the
construction project is in
line with recent requests
by the public for the city
to take steps toward a
“greener” future.
“To me, this project fi ts
really great,” he said. “It
also allows us to start us-
ing recycled water in irri-
gating our parks instead
of using treated drink-
ing water. So, if we’re not
utilizing as much treated
drinking water, we’re not
having to take as much
water out of the river to
meet our demand. …
And it reduces our envi-
ronmental impact in that
area.”
At this time of year,
Stewart estimates about
25,000 gallons of water a
day are being used in Bo-
hemia Park. As the tem-
perature rises, this is ex-
pected to go up to 50,000
gallons a day.
Safe Routes to School and
Fillmore Stormwater
Outfall Project
Improved and safer in-
frastructure are also on
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Construction has been
working around the water
quality swale by installing
27-inch storm drainage
pipe up to Fillmore Av-
enue and South Fourth
Street.
Construction will con-
tinue in this area with the
installation of a 12-inch
storm pipe as well as be-
ginning to shape the water
quality swale.
As part of the Safe
Routes to School project,
work on South Fourth
Street has also begun in
which designated trees
are removed and asphalt/
concrete saw cutting will
begin. Th e work starts at
the intersection of Grant
Avenue and South Fourth
Street moving north along
Lincoln Middle School on
South Fourth Street up to
Taylor Avenue.
Crews will be taking
the asphalt layer off South
Fourth Street and grav-
el will be placed at the
driveway approaches for
a smooth transition. Pave-
ment will be removed on
South Fourth Street and
new sidewalks will be
built.
New water, sewer and
storm lines will be in-
stalled in these areas as
well.
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“It’s my understanding
that, at the end of the day,
people are going to be able
to use their driveways,
access their property, but
they may have a period of
time during the day where
we’re actually working
and they’re not going to
be able to access their
home,” said Stewart. “But
our intent is to work really
closely with all the prop-
erty owners and make
sure that we communicate
well with them about the
project, our needs, and
hopefully accommodate
their needs to get into
their property.”
Th e city will provide
weekly updates on its
Construction
Corner
website.
“Th e goal is to have ev-
erything completed in that
area before school starts
in the fall,” said Stewart.
“And then the project will
continue to work into
probably about November
working on concrete work
and sidewalks.”
For additional details
on the projects, visit the
city’s Construction Cor-
ner at: www.cottagegrove.
org/publicworks/page/
construction-corner.
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