The Clackamas River Water Providers is made of up of six municipal water providers on the Clackamas River which serve over 200,000 people drinking water in Clackamas County.  Participation in the organization is voluntary and is funded through membership dues.  While through the Clackamas River Water Providers projects and staff are jointly funded each individual organization retains their own individual autonomy.  * Conservation programs and services will be provided to these organzation for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

Find out more about each of our members below.

* The City of Estacada
The City of Estacada located at the base of the Clackamas River Gorge and the Mt. Hood National Forest serves a population of 2,855 from the Clackamas River.  The treatment plant has a capacity of 2 million gallons per day (MGD).  Average production in 2007 was 0.5 MGD , while peak demand was 0.7 MGD. The City has a storage capacity of 1.25 million gallons. Preventive and corrective maintenance is routinely performed at these facilities for safe and cost effective operations.  For more information visit http://www.cityofestacada.org/index.html

The City of Lake Oswego
The City of Lake Oswego, located in Clackamas County, serves over 36,000 people with approximately 11,532 service connections, in an 11.2 square mile area.  The water source originates from the Clackamas River Basin.  Once withdrawn from the Clackamas River, the water is pumped through a pipeline buried beneath the Willamette River to the City’s Water Treatment Plant located in West Linn.  During the hot summer months, Lake Oswego has one groundwater well to augment water supply.  For more information visit http://www.ci.oswego.or.us/maintain/water.htm

Clackamas River Water
Clackamas River Water (CRW) is a domestic water supply district serving residents of Clackamas County, located in the southeastern part of the Portland metropolitan area. CRW serves approximately 60 square miles, including much of north Clackamas County, Sunnyside, Milwaukie and Clackamas. The southern boundaries of the district extend into the rural areas surrounding Oregon City in south Clackamas County.

In the north service area, water is supplied from the CRW filter plant, which is capable of producing 30 million gallons of drinking water per day drawn from the Clackamas River. CRW purchases water from South Fork Water Board to supply the south service area with water also drawn from Clackamas River. To ensure the reliable delivery of high-quality drinking water to their customers, CRW maintains over 200 miles of pipeline plus multiple reservoirs and pumping stations.  For more information about Clackamas River Water visit http://www.crwater.com/.

The North Clackamas County Water Commission 
The NCCWC is a joint water supply partnership between the City of Gladstone, Oak Lodge Water District, and Sunrise Water Authority. The NCCWC owns and operates a treatment plant on the Clackamas River using both slow sand filtration and membrane filtration.

* Sunrise Water Authority
The Sunrise Water Authority was formed November 9, 2000, when the Mt. Scott Water District and the Damascus Water District merged.  Sunrise Water Authority currently serves a population of approximately 30,000 through 10,023 service connections in the Happy Valley/Damascus area.  Sunrise's system is composed of 170 miles of pipe and 12 reservoirs with a total combined capacity of 14.7 million gallons. 

Water supplied to their customers is a combination of ground water drawn from 6 wells located within Sunrise’s boundaries and surface water drawn from the Clackamas River.  Sunrise Water Authority is co-owner of the North Clackamas County Water Commission water treatment plant.  For more information about Sunrise go to http://www.sunrisewater.com/default.aspx

* South Fork Water Board (City of Oregon City and City of West Linn)
South Fork Water Board is a water treatment plant that treats water from the Clackamas River and is jointly owned by the Cities of Oregon City and West Linn.  In addition to selling water to Oregon City and West Linn, South Fork has two wholesale customers, Clackamas River South or the old Clairmont Water District and the North Clackamas County Water Commission for winter water, providing water to approximately 63,000 people in Clackamas County. 

South Fork’s current system includes the water intake just off Clackamas River Drive a pipeline up the hill from the river to the site of the water treatment plant, a transmission pipeline from the treatment plant to Oregon City and West Linn distribution connections, and a pump station to boost treated water to higher elevation of both Oregon City and West Linn. The treatment plant capacity is approximately 23 MGD and the peak day to date is approximately 19.3 gallons a day during the summer of 2002.  For more information about South Fork Water Board visit http://www.sfwb.com/.

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