Pond Conversion Almost Complete

05/15/2016

After almost two years of extensive planting to establish native trees, shrubs and wetland plant species at the Walterville Pond, the conversion from a man-made pond to a naturalized wetland is nearly complete.

Local school, Housing Agency Awarded Greenpower Grants

04/25/2016

Housing and Community Services of Lane County and Buena Vista Elementary School each won a 2016 Greenpower grant of up to $50,000 from EWEB's Greenpower program. The announcement was made at BRING Recycling's Earth Day Birthday Party in April, and marks a milestone for the Greenpower grant program, which has awarded more than $1 million to local nonprofit renewable energy projects, research and education since the grants were first introduced in 2009.

River Clean Up

02/24/2016

Community volunteers in February joined a half-dozen agencies to collect and remove garbage and other debris from lower McKenzie River riparian areas.

Alternative Fuel Reduces Emissions and Fleet Maintenance

02/09/2016

For the past several years, the EWEB has been using alternative fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel as a way to meet fossil fuel and carbon emission reduction goals. In the fall of 2015, the utility’s fleet operations stepped out on a limb to try something different – renewable diesel, or R99.