Listening to the calming murmurs of Albany’s Talking Water Gardens on a sunny afternoon, you would not think there could be a problem. But there is, or at least the DEQ thinks it’s a problem.
Talking Waters: A little mystery and some news
Written June 2nd, 2019 by Hasso Hering
This is an oak with three trunks, trunks that have grown around what looks like a storm sewer grate. The question is: How come? How did it get there?
At Talking Waters, an added feature
Written May 30th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
At Albany’s Talking Water Gardens the other day, I noticed something new: Three spiffy bike racks near the entrance. Is that supposed to be a hint to bike riders to leave their wheels behind and proceed on foot?
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Public Works, bicycling, bike racks, Talking Water Gardens
Tags: Albany Public Works, bicycling, bike racks, Talking Water Gardens
Caught in the act: Surreptitious dumping
Written December 21st, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Sometimes video surveillance of public property pays off. Consider, for example, the entrance to Albany’s Water Gardens, which not too long ago somebody mistook for a good place to discard a couch.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: illegal dumping, Simpson Park, Talking Water Gardens, video surveillance
Tags: illegal dumping, Simpson Park, Talking Water Gardens, video surveillance
After this fire, an excess of caution?
Written August 29th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
You can’t say Albany city officials are not cautious. Overly, extra, super cautious sometimes. As when they kept Simpson Park and the Talking Water Gardens off limits a full day after a fire nearly a mile away was put out.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany fire, closed to the public, Simpson Park trail, Talking Water Gardens
Tags: Albany fire, closed to the public, Simpson Park trail, Talking Water Gardens
Suit details city damage claims
Written December 7th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Albany is asserting damage claims totaling some $84 million in the lawsuit it has filed over problems at the city’s wastewater treatment plant and the nearby constructed wetlands, the Talking Water Gardens.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: "Cannibal", Albany sewage treatment plant, CH2M Hill, Kerry Shepherd, Talking Water Gardens
Tags: "Cannibal", Albany sewage treatment plant, CH2M Hill, Kerry Shepherd, Talking Water Gardens
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At stake with DEQ: Saving Talking Waters
On June 13, the state Department of Environmental Quality gave the city of Albany 90 days to come up with a plan to stop leaks from Talking Water Gardens. The deadline has passed, but evidently it wasn’t meant to be met.
Tags: DEQ, leaking ponds, Talking Water Gardens, Willamette River