Water Storage Improvement Projects
Access to clean water is vital to our community.
EWEB is hard at work making sure safe, reliable water continues to flow even as critical infrastructure ages and new challenges arise. In the next decade, we plan to construct new water storage facilities near 40th Ave. and Patterson St. and replace the water storage systems at EWEB's College Hill and Hawkins Hill sites. The projects will be built to seismic and contemporary operating standards, providing more than 40 million gallons of resilient, safe water storage.
Oct. 28, 2021

Dear East 40th Neighbors,
The first underground controlled blast occurred today just after 1 p.m. Here are some photos and video from today's events.
Video of blast with audio. The shouting heard is the "Fire in the hole" warning.
Drone video without audio.
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EWEB staff and contractors preparing for the blast.
South wall of the western tank as of 10/28/21.
One of six seismographs/vibration monitors that have been installed around the perimeter of the site.
Safety signage.
Drone shot of the site as of 10/8/21.
A detention pond has been built to collect runoff from the site.
Contact us with questions
If you have questions or input, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the project team at
541-685-7899 or water.storage@eweb.org. Emails sent to this address will reach:

  • Laura Farthing, Project Manager/Senior Civil Engineer
  • Jen Connors, Communications Supervisor
  • Jeannine Parisi, Customer Relationship Manager
  • Wally McCullough, Water Engineering Supervisor