To prepare for future water needs, diversify their water portfolios and boost both water and infrastructure resiliency, the Tualatin Valley Water District and the cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro in northwestern Oregon are inching closer to completing a $1.6 billion pipeline project that will tap into a new water source: the Willamette River.
The project — known as the Willamette Water Supply System — is expected to be completed in 2026. It will enable the Tualatin Valley, located about 20 miles west of Portland, to wean itself off water supplied by the Portland Water Bureau, its major supplier, says Marlys Ryan,
