Eileen Brady: Says we could have saved ourselves the cost of building the Powell Butte water reservoir.

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The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Could City of Portland have saved itself the cost of building the $138 million Powell Butte reservoir?

Portland’s tap water is a big deal. We’ve had impassioned debates over covering the open reservoirs that hold our drinking water at Mount Tabor and at Washington Park, which are lovely to look at but considered unsafe by the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency ordered the city to find a way to quit drinking from the uncovered reservoirs.   In response, the Portland Water Bureau agreed to build underground water storage facilities elsewhere and to take open reservoir water offline. Asked about rising utility rates, Eileen Brady said she wouldn’t have spent money complying with the ... >> More

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