Public Presentation and Listening Session

Our online presentation and listening session about the Molalla River Drinking Water Project was well attended with over 30 attendees and great discussion about the long term protection of drinking water source quality. Here’s the video:

People shared their concerns and questions about the draft assessment and we’ll take those concerns into our next meeting with our Technical Advisory Team in early June to incorporate into the source water assessment and protection plan.

Our project focuses on water before it enters the three municipal water intakes serving the Cities of Canby and Molalla, and the community of Colton. The goal of the project is to keep clean water clean and of high quality for drinking, both now and into the future. We’ll use the assessment and resulting plan to ask funders to invest in the Molalla basin to accomplish our goal.

Our first chance to bring in resources will likely be for Agricultural producers as the grant dollars for the assessment are set up to be followed up with implementation funding if we determine a need and enough interest in water quality projects.

If you are considering projects like stream side plantings, irrigation efficiency improvements, or livestock pasture or turnout improvements, Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District can discuss how we might be able to help with technical and potentially financial resources. Contact us and we will connect you with one of our conservation planners about your needs.

If you have not already, we encourage you to view the presentation and provide input. We want to be sure we have as broad a range of views about drinking water source quality as possible so that we have the most accurate representation of issues as possible.