This is the fence the city of Albany says it was required to build on he back side of the Talking Water Gardens. Now that it’s finished, it looks fine but I still don’t see why it was needed or how it makes much sense.
“Toxics” in the water: What to do?
Written April 28th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has released the results of a seven-year study of “toxic chemicals” in the state’s waterways. Too bad the report is not as useful as one would wish.
Albany’s prudent answer to rain
Written June 9th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Albany has plans for a program to keep storm water from polluting our waterways, and it looks to me that the city staff has taken pains to keep any additional regulatory burden to a minimum. The city’s proposed answer to impending regulations is that new land developments above a certain size will have to incorporate features […]
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Tags: Albany City Council, Clean Water Act, Greenhorks, Oregon DEQ, Plannihng Commission, Stormwater quality
Tags: Albany City Council, Clean Water Act, Greenhorks, Oregon DEQ, Plannihng Commission, Stormwater quality
Our rivers: Cleanup pays off
Written July 3rd, 2013 by
These last few days of warm weather have brought home once again how clean our rivers are, especially compared to half a century ago. If they weren’t, people would not go near them. And as we’ve seen lately, lots of people do seek out the Willamette and Santiam rivers, among others, to have a little […]
$13 million to prevent sewer overflows
For years, the city of Albany has posted pollution warnings near sewer outfalls on the Willamette River when heavy rainstorms overloaded the system. To fix this, the city now expects to spend $13 million borrowed from the state.
Tags: Dave Clark Path, Oregon DEQ, Riverfront Interceptor, sewer overflows