On the surface, the city of Bend, Oregon, appears just like any midsize growing city, but unusual patterns of growth in tough terrain have created a unique wastewater collections system with an enormous number of lift stations.
Bend is meeting the challenge, however, and it’s mission to reduce its carbon footprint and improve the collections system overall is being aided by progressive ideas, innovations and many new technologies to create a highly sustainable utility of the future for this high desert metropolis.Built on bedrockIncorporated in 1905, the city of Bend covers an area of approximately 33 square miles and is home
