Your post is inaccurate.
We’ve followed PWB’s (flawed/willful/$$$) decision-making “for low-lvl crypto” since 2017.
Blame belongs to Cm Fish, Fritz, Mapps & PWB Dirs who mismanaged this project BIG TIME, raising the project costs 6-fold.
https://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-cryptosporidium-water-public-utility-board-treatment/
how it started:
We’ve followed PWB’s (flawed/willful/$$$) decision-making “for low-lvl crypto” since 2017.
Blame belongs to Cm Fish, Fritz, Mapps & PWB Dirs who mismanaged this project BIG TIME, raising the project costs 6-fold.
https://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-cryptosporidium-water-public-utility-board-treatment/
how it started:
Comments
https://www.wateronline.com/doc/forgot-the-pipes-portland-s-water-plant-to-cost-m-more-than-expected-0001
“This is a just a shell game by the [Portland] Water Bureau.”
— [environmentalist and Dir. of Bird Alliance of Oregon & Willamette Riverkeeper] Bob Sallinger, who has served for years on various city advisory bodies.
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Why did you post a screenshot and not a link? The article explains that the city needs to meet the federal safety standards, which our tap water is failing.
https://www.oregonlive.com/watchdog/2024/04/portland-water-treatment-plant-costs-soar-past-2-billion-city-claims-ratepayers-wont-get-soaked.html?outputType=amp
Did you attend the meetings when utility board member Sallinger *rightly* called out PWB leaders for faux public engagement & general lack of transparency?
Worse, a history of other willful neglect by PWBs so-called “water quality experts”👇
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/01/08/oregon-wants-quick-fix-to-high-lead-levels-in-portlands-water/
PWB used loopholes in fed regulations and got away with “improperly treating municipal water” … for decades.
And for decades, Oregon Health Authorities let PWB off the hook, compromising public health.