Clackamas Review - Sewage

Article Title                                                             Newspaper Date            Page

City sewer will cost $48,535                                             28 Jan 1926             1

Action on sewer rescinded                                                18 Feb 1926             1

Map of sewer lines                                                            11 Mar 1926            1

Milwaukie sewer is assured                                               18 Mar 1926            1

Milwaukie sewerage officially allowed                               1 Apr 1926               1
     entrance to river

Milwaukie assured of sewer                                              29 Apr 1926             1

Active work on new sewer                                                6 May 1926             1

Sewer muddle hangs fire                                                    13 May 1926           1

Citizens attend sewer hearing                                             3 Jun 1926               1

State Board of Health using dilatory tactics over sewer       17 Jun 1926             1

Sewer contracts let by Council                                           22 Sep 1927            1

May extend sewer                                                             4 Apr 1929              1

To extend sewer up Harrison Street                                   23 Oct 1929            1

Sewer contract let by City of Milwaukie                            30 Oct 1929             1

Sewer bonds sold at good price                                        16 Apr 1936             1

Sewer lines proposed for entire city area                          11 Oct 1945             1

People favor sewer lines for entire city                               15 Nov 1945            1

Sewer problem main topic at Council meeting                    27 Mar 1947           1

Stevens and Koon hired by city for disposal job                5 Jun 1947               1

Resolution passed by Council authorizes                            17 Jul 1947              1
      sewer construction

Meeting to hear sewer “beefs” Monday night                     31 Jul 1947              1

Council orders call for bids on sewer project                     7 Aug 1947              1

Lind awarded sewer job                                                    27 Aug 1947            1

Sewer hookup charges perplex City Council                      11 Sep 1947            1

Disposal plant may come to vote in spring                          11 Dec 1947            1

Disposal plant bond issue turned down                             17 Jun 1948              1

Sewer complaints aired at Council meeting;                       12 Aug 1948            1
     protests given extension

Date set for bond or payment of sewer  assessment           26 Aug 1948            1

Disposal plant inquiry made by sanitary authority                17 Mar 1949            1

Council receives favorable reply                                        17 Mar 1949            1
     from state sanitary authority

Plans completed for disposal unit                                       12 May 1949            1

Special election on disposal plant slated Tuesday                10 Nov 1949           1

Voters favor sewage disposal by wide margin                    17 Nov 1949            1

Bids for city disposal plant to be called                               26 Jan 1950             1

Disposal plants bids called this week                                 2 Feb 1950               1

P.F. Lord will build disposal plant if…                               9 Mar 1950              1

Work starts on sewage system here                                   31 Aug 1950            1

Planning is started on sewer line                                         29 Mar 1951           1

Sewage treatment plant to be ready July 1,                        26 Apr 1951             1
     Telford says; use questions raised

Milwaukie sewer sought by Ardenwald                              28 Jun 1951             1

Bills for Harvester sewer ready to go out this week            2 Oct 1951               1

Sewer lines not bargain point for                                        5 Oct 1951               1
      annexation for Ardenwald

New sewage plant now in testing week                              5 Oct 1951              1

Sewage Treatment plant to be turned                                 19 Oct 1951            1
      over to City Council next week

Ardenwald sewer plans hit by state bonds limits                 15 Nov 1951            1

Vote forced on Ardenwald Sewer District                         22 Nov 1951            1

Sewer fee system under city scrutiny                                  29 Nov 1951           1

City okays blanket 50¢ sewer fee                                      20 Dec 1951            1

Ardenwald  votes for sewer district                                    17 Jan 1952             1

Portland to set fee for Ardenwald                                      10 Jul 1952               1

Sewage plant readied for Hoover visit                                31 Jul 1952              1

Suburban sewage disposal problem stirs                            10 Feb 1955             1
     action this week; study to be made

Financing major hurdle in sewage disposal planning            24 Feb 1955             1

Sewage disposal problems limiting growth of area              7 Apr 1955              1

Sewage probe plans develop                                             11 Aug 1955            1

Chamber heads discuss area sewage problems                  29 Dec 1955            1

Sewer conditions threaten health,                                       10 May 1956           1
     economy of district, report says

Court asked for Sanitary District vote                                17 May 1956            1

Spring Creek residents sue City of Milwaukie                    17 Apr 1958             1
      on sewer pollution

Big annexation adds majority of Ardenwald;                      16 Oct 1958             1
     sewer plans underway

Board to let contract for area sewers                                 1 Sep 1959              1

Construction begins today on sewer work                         17 Sep 1959             1

Milwaukie City Council rejects bids for                              8 Feb 1963              1
     secondary treatment plant

Sewer line presented to Milwaukie                                    27 Jul 1966              1

North Clackamas sewer problems explored                      11 Jan 1967             1
     in Milwaukie-county meeting

Milwaukians for sanitary group                                          1 Feb 1967              1

North Clack. Sewer District election set for March              15 Feb 1967            1

health seen at stake in North Clackamas voting                22 March 1967         1

Plans in motion for sewer district following ballot               29 March 1967         1

Sewer ties due for all                                                          3 May 1967              1

Promoted sewers involve Council                                       28 June 1967           1

Sewer district response said highly favorable                    8 March 1967           1

Funds hang on vote in new sewer zone                            2 Aug 1967               1

Sewer election looms over future of area                          9 Aug 1967               1

More than $2 million could be lost;  sewer election looms    9 Aug 1967              1

Bond OK said boon in county                                                16 Aug 1967            1

Sewer tie to Valley set to go                                              13 Sept 1967          1

Residents hear need for tie to sewer system                     18 Oct 1967           16

Sewer plans given delay by senators                                 15 Nov 1967           1

Sewage treatment Plant Okayed by County Commisioners 1 May 1968            3

Council approves service district;                                       12 Nov 1969           1
     awaits vote on sewer project

Kellogg Creek sewer plant wins approval                          28 Jan 1970              1

Contractors begin putting down new sewer                       14 Nov 1973            1
     pipes; close some roads

Milwaukie gets additional EPA funds for sewers                27 Feb 1974             1

City group proposes sewer, street work                            6 Mar 1974              1
      for $7.5 million

New Year’s greeting from Sewer District:                         23 Dec 1974            1
     $9.1 million in assessment bills readied

Sewer rates rise while Kellogg Lake issue                          12 Sep 1979            10
      sinks in Milwaukie

Milwaukie increases city water and sewer rates                  21 May 1981           1

Panel calls for sewer rate hike                                            21 Feb 1985            6

City to stage meetings on sewer plan                                  9 May 1985             3

Sewer rates jump in city, county                                        30 May 1985            1

County wins $8.3 million for sewer systems                       24 Oct 1985             4
    
Damascus sewers are subject of county study                    8 Jun 1989               6

County eyes stiff fines for nuisances                                   8 Jun 1989                9

55 Damascans learn of county sewer plans                        14 Sep 1989            3

HOPP hears sewer pay plan, protests approach                21 Sep 1989            11

Creek neighbors say substance kills                                   12 Oct 1989             1

Two area sewer agencies receive EPA’s national               12 Oct 1989             8
     message                                                                        

Sewer annexation plan attacked                                         8 Mar 1990             1

Kellogg sewage plant turns political                                   15 Mar 1990             1

Treated sludge escapes sewage treatment plant                  5 Apr 1990              10

County and city seek sewer service options                       26 Apr 1990             9

Commission approves Milwaukie sewer                            30 May 1990            1

Milwaukie group warned about economics and sewers      5 Jul 1990                 1

Happy Valley developer seeks sewer changes                   14 Feb 1991            1

Happy Valley to inspect for septic failures                           7 Mar 1991            2

Sewer financing meeting set                                               28 Mar 1991            4

City stirred up over storm water                                        19 Sep 1991             1

Milwaukie attempts to educate polluters                            19 Sep 1991             2

Happy Valley faces more water/sewage problems              10 Oct 1991            1

Metro South Station gets good annual report                      5 Mar 1992             3

Special sewage hearing set March 10                                  4 Mar 1993            4

Milwaukie approves sewage rate increase                          24 Jun 1993             5    

“Old Stinky” odor eaters plan discussed                            16 Sep 1993            1

New storm drain fees                                                        24 Mar 1994            3

Milwaukie residents sewer bills increase by 15 percent      19 May 1994           2

Oak Lodge will rewrite policy on storm water                    10 Nov 1994           11

Committee could move sewage plant                                 15 Mar 1996            A5

Businesses call for closure of sewer plant                           17 May 1996           A2

Milwaukie seeks $7.6 million loan to connect another         2 Oct 1998              6
       2,450 homes to sewer         

City seeking input on sewer plant's future                           30 Oct 1998             1

Sewage-addled homeowner raises a stink                          15 Dec 1999            10

Southend Sewer Gravity Trunk Upgrade Project               19 Jan 2000              19

County Milwaukie debate sewage plant’s future                 14 Feb 2002            1