Public Works Projects
Recent projects include, but are not limited to, the following:
Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrades, including
- Major facility and process upgrades
- Relocation of outfall to Umatilla River
- Methane gas cogeneration
- 25% heat energy - 115 kW power
- 54% heat energy – water loop for digester
- Solar energy production – 200 kW
- Membrane retirement program (drinking water to wastewater)
- Airport Connector Road construction
- Water Treatment Plant expansion & upgrades
- New membranes with 13% more capacity than older membranes
- 6 million gallons per day to 9.8 million gallons per day capacity
- Solar energy production – 100 kW
- Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR) program expansion
- 3 ASR wells expanded to 5 ASR wells
- Doubling of stored water – 415 to 830 million gallons annually
- Banking of stored water – 250 to 300 million gallons annually
- Reversal of native groundwater declines
- De-aeration facility at ASR Well #5
- Hydropower development for all 5 ASR wells:
- Regenerative drive technology – never used before in this application
- Micro-turbine
- 285 kW total
- SW Quinney Bridge replacement
- Coordination with Oregon Department of Transportation:
- 4-mile overlay of Court / Dorion Avenues
- Levee closure construction
Streetscape improvements:
- Pendleton Round-Up / Centennial Plaza
- Westgate / Court / Dorion intersection
- Riverfront Plaza
- Solarize Pendleton
- 300 kW - public works facilities
- 238 kW - residential homes
- 57 kW – commercial business
- Long list of other various projects
Department works with citizens, private utilities, and developers in addressing:
- Right-of-ways
- Easements
- Utility placement
- Traffic lighting
- Street improvements
- Subdivision development
- Local improvement districts
- Municipal project development
Operating budget for the Department is over $9,500,000 annually, with an average of about $2,200,000 invested annually in capital improvements. There are about 27 full-time employees and 4 part-time equivalent employees providing these services.