Barring an appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals, Albany’s program of keeping rainwater from new developments from reaching the Willamette River will start in 2015. It will come with significant new costs, and while the program makes sense as a concept, the people paying the bill might be happier if the benefits were as […]
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Tags: Albany City Council, Albany stormwater program, rainwater, Stormwater quality, TMDL, Willamette River
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany stormwater program, rainwater, Stormwater quality, TMDL, Willamette River
Dry and drier at Talking Water Gardens
Albany’s Talking Water Gardens has been out of operation since last December, and this dry spring it really shows. The water level in the lower pond is way down, and the upper ponds are completely dry.
Tags: Albany council, Cox Creek, DEQ, Talking Water Gardens, TMDL, wastewater, water temperature