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.
March 9, 2022

Dear East 40th Neighbors,
Following is a brief update on what has been happening at the project site.
Excavation for both tanks is substantially complete.

  • The excavation crews will demobilize some of the equipment on Friday, March 11. A large trailer will be on-site, and there may be temporary traffic impacts on Patterson St.
  • Crews next will begin installing a layer of crushed rock within the footprint of the tanks and perform general cleanup at the site.

The tank construction contract is open for public bidding.

  • The Board of Commissioners will be asked to approve a contract at their April 5 public meeting.
  • Tank construction is anticipated to begin mid-April or May and last 18-22 months.
  • During the tank construction phase, neighbors can expect truck traffic and equipment noise, interspersed with relatively quieter stretches of time in between concrete pours.
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