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Spring Cleaning? How about Spring Emergency Preparedness!
Spring is officially here and that means the plants are blooming, the sun is (sometimes) shining, and the grass is green! We've had our fair share of severe weather already, but spring weather is notoriously unpredictable. While you're in the midst of spring cleaning and garden care, consider completing these emergency preparedness tasks.
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EWEB General Manager Delivers 2024 State of the Utility
General Manager Frank Lawson delivered his address at the March 5 public Board of Commissioners meeting
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State of the McKenzie Watershed
EWEB’s Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) team says the McKenzie River continues to be an excellent source for drinking water.
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Nine days without power: My ice storm story as an EWEB customer and employee
While beautiful and peaceful, buying a home on the edge of the forest and surrounded by trees has its tradeoffs. Moving “upriver,” I knew there would be more threats to prepare for, including Mother Nature’s seasonal surprises.
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Preparation and Resilience: How EWEB Maintained Water Service During Recent Ice Storm
Learn about the projects and people that helped EWEB keep water flowing throughout the extreme weather event.
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EWEB achieves power restoration milestone over the weekend
Crews have so far restored power for 92% of customers who originally lost power at the height of the ice storm.
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Reenergized McKenzie River Valley transmission lines allow EWEB crews to restore power upriver
On Friday, a majority of EWEB crews tackled power restoration efforts upriver, after federally managed transmission lines were reenergized Thursday.
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EWEB estimates one week to complete power system restoration
On Wednesday, EWEB crews restored power for about 10,000 customers by repairing large equipment first.
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Second round of ice and ensuing thaw prompt mass power outages
On Wednesday, all EWEB crews, who have been working nonstop since Saturday, traversed EWEB’s service territory assessing the damage and restoring transmission lines and main power feeders.
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Power restored at EWEB’s water treatment plant
Crews restored electric power at EWEB's Hayden Bridge Water Filtration Plant Monday evening, allowing operators to switch off the generators and rely again on the grid. Meanwhile, EWEB crews brace for additional outages amidst second round of ice and during the coming thaw.
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EWEB crews focusing on restoring electric service for Hayden Bridge Water Filtration Plant
With more ice forecasted for Tuesday, all EWEB crews are in the field assessing outages and restoring power.
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EWEB crews making downed lines safe and restoring power across Eugene and the foothills
As EWEB works to restore electric service to customers affected by the ice storm, the customer-owned utility is following established policies and its “hierarchy of repair” to prioritize repairs that restore electric service to the greatest number of customers.
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Leaburg Decommissioning Action Plan
Plan details next steps through regulatory processes to begin dismantling Leaburg Dam by 2032.
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What’s ahead in 2024: General manager’s message to EWEB customer-owners
At the start of the new year, we back at accomplishments from 2023 and look ahead at what's to come in 2024.
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Currin Substation: End of year update
EWEB Engineer Philip Peterson explains what's been happening in the final stretch to complete the substation rebuild.
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EWEB helps rural water utility by donating equipment and staff expertise
December 30, 2022 • Robyn Smith, EWEB Communications
In response to a call for aid this week, EWEB’s water division jumped into action to assist the town of Mapleton after a leak in their water system left about 260 homes without running water.
Mapleton is approximately 45 miles west of Eugene, and the residents there rely on a small water system unconnected to any regional network.
On Wednesday, EWEB deployed a 500-gallon water container and equipment for emergency water distribution to Mapleton residents, along with 3-gallon water containers for people to fill up and take home with them.
EWEB also sent troubleshooters to help locate the source of the leaks in the system’s pipes. However, the leak-detecting instruments are currently ineffective because they require flowing water to test and the pipes are currently empty. Mapleton has not been able to refill water reservoirs, and therefore the pipes, because of elevated water turbidity.
EWEB will continue to assist Mapleton by sending resources and sharing expertise. EWEB technicians are training staff from the City of Florence, which is also aiding Mapleton, on how to operate our emergency water distribution system. EWEB will lend Mapleton equipment for as long as needed. On Friday, EWEB delivered an additional 60 water containers to Mapleton residents.
EWEB is reminding residents that emergency water supplies can be made safe for drinking, cooking and hygiene by boiling for one minute or adding 1/8 teaspoon of unscented household bleach (the label should say it contains between 5-6% of sodium hypochlorite) per gallon and then letting it stand for 30 minutes. Emergency water containers should also be disinfected before storing water. Residents can learn more here.
Access to clean water is vital to every community and that’s why EWEB is dedicated to making sure safe, reliable water continues to flow to Eugene residents.
Our critical infrastructure is less vulnerable to the type of emergency Mapleton is experiencing now due to the 55 million gallons of stored drinking water at three reservoir locations, Santa Clara, College Hill and Hawkins Hill, and new construction underway for water storage facilities near 40th Ave. These storage facilities are the backbone of our water system.
Our Hayden Bridge Treatment Plant sources water from the clear, clean McKenzie River. Even with such a high-quality source of water, we filter and disinfect the river water to deliver safe drinking water to your tap. The type of emergency affecting Mapleton is highly unlikely for EWEB, but we are planning to develop a second drinking water source on the Willamette River to make our system even more resilient.