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Clackamas County water utility updates Milwaukie: Tri‑City upgrades on schedule, odors and PFAS testing addressed, low‑income bill relief planned
Summary
Clackamas County Water Environmental Services reported upgrades to the Tri‑City facility, ongoing odor mitigation steps after a difficult summer, PFAS testing and a planned customer assistance program that would reduce bills for eligible low‑income Milwaukie customers starting January 2026.
Greg Geiss, director of Clackamas County Water Environmental Services, briefed the Milwaukie City Council on the utility’s operations, capital projects and public concerns.
Geiss said the county operates five treatment facilities serving about 200,000 people and treats roughly 7 billion gallons of wastewater annually. He reported the Tri‑City facility upgrade — a nearly $60 million tunneling and conveyance project to route flows — is on time and on budget and will be connected in early 2026. “We train clean over 7,000,000,000 gallons of wastewater every year,” Geiss said.
Odor complaints: The utility…
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