Santiam Canal

Muddy streams and the future of dams

Written November 18th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

The source of Albany’s drinking water continues to carry a lot of sediment or mud, but so far the stuff coming out of our taps is just as clear as always.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany water, Corps of Engineers, drinking water, fish runs, Green Peter Reservoir, Santiam Canal

The mud flows in the Willamette, too

Written November 9th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

It’s not just the South Santiam River and the Albany-Santiam Canal that are running dirty brown these days. The Willamette River water is almost as muddy as the canal.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Bowman Park, Corps of Engineers, drawdowns, Green Peter, Lookout Point, muddy watter, Santiam Canal, South Santiam River, Willamette River

Muddy water? It’s no problem, city says

Written November 7th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

Albany’s two treatment plants have been dealing with a raw-water supply that is unusually muddy. The question is whether this is causing any problems.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: muuddy water, Santiam Canal, Santiam River, South Santiam, turbidity, water treatment

Canal water looked like milky coffee

Written November 5th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

Going up the Third Avenue bridge from Bryant Way on Saturday, I looked to my right to see if the shaft of the Albany hydropower turbine was rotating. What caught my attention instead was the two-tone coloring of the Calapooia River below.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albayny hydro, Calapooia River, muddy water, power plant, Santiam Canal

On the Santiam Canal: Keeping it going

Written September 7th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

Traveling around Albany, whether on a bike or otherwise, means you’re likely to cross the Albany-Santiam Canal. Sometimes this waterway offers a mildly interesting sight.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: domesic water, FERC, hydropower, maintenance, power generation, Santiam Canal, small conduit exemption

Checking on Albany hydro: Sales slump

Written January 9th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

Every time the bike and I climb up the steep Third Avenue Bridge from Bryant Way, I look off to my right to see if the Albany hydropower generator is turning. Lately it has been still, not moving at all.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany hydro, hydropower, Santiam Canal, Santiam River, Vine Street plant

Opening up Vine St. along canal? Not really

Written December 11th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

For a moment there, it looked as though the City of Albany was making progress in opening up, for public use, sections of the Vine Street right-of-way alongside the Santiam Canal.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany council, Albany Public Works, canal maintenance, encroachment, right-of-way, Santiam Canal, Vine Street