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History Gallery - Explore Fernhill History Highlights
The riverbend we now know as Fernhill has been for centuries an important place for people, plants and wildlife.
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History Gallery - Explore Fernhill History Highlights
The riverbend we now know as Fernhill has been for centuries an important place for people, plants and wildlife.
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History Gallery - Kalapuya Land
Since time immemorial the Atfalati, or Tualatin Kalapuya people have used and shaped the land around Fernhill. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon.
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History Gallery - Early 1900s: Growing Agricultural Presence
By the turn of the century, the area had become home to a growing number of farms and farmhouses, including this property on the south side of the Tualatin River from the site we now know as Fernhill. [IF WE WANT TO USE THIS IMAGE, WE NEED TO PURCHASE IT, WHICH JMB CAN DO]
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History Gallery - 1937: Byer Family Farm
As part of the New Deal, the federal government helped selected families launch farms in rural areas. Read Doris Byer Swope's recollections of growing up at the site we now know as Fernhill.
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History Gallery - 1950: Transition to Public Ownership Begins
In 1950, the Byer family sold most of the farm to the City of Forest Grove, reserving 10 acres to live on. A 1952 expansion of the treatment facility added an anerobic digester and expanded the irrigation program to squash, cucumbers, barley and sheep grazing. In 1954, the Byers sold the remaining acreage and moved to the nearby town of Cornelius.
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History Gallery - 1951: First Steps in Water Resources Management
The City of Forest Grove built a wastewater treatment facility on the west side of Fern Hill Road, near the railroad tracks. It consisted of an Imhoff tank, two settling basins, sludge drying beds, and a laboratory building. The cleaned water was used for crop irrigation. This 1952 drawing shows that expansion plans were on the table not long after the facility opened.
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History Gallery - 1950s-60s: expansion and modernization
The City expanded the facility to the east side of Fern Hill Road. New features included a primary clarifier, chlorination and effluent stabilization storage ponds—otherwise known as sewage lagoons.
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History Gallery - 1970: Unified Sewerage Agency
Voters approved formation of the Unified Sewerage Agency to consolidate and improve a scattered network of treatment facilities. One year later, USA took over wastewater treatment operations at Forest Grove. In 2001, USA would be renamed Clean Water Services. 1973 photo courtesy of Pacific University Archives.
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History Gallery - 1964: Sewage Lagoons
The City expanded the facility [to the east side of Fern Hill Road, where it remains today]. New features included a primary clarifier, chlorination and effluent stabilization storage ponds—otherwise known as sewage lagoons.
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History Gallery - 1972: FACILITY EXPANSION
In the early 1970s, USA expanded and modernized the Forest Grove wastewater treatment facility.
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History Gallery - 1937: Byer Family Farm
As part of the New Deal, the federal government helped selected families launch farms in rural areas. One of these was the Byer family farm, at the site we now know are Fernhill. Read more about the Byer family farm years.
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History Gallery - 1980s: Changes at Sewage Lagoons
With the opening of the Solids Handling Facility, the ponds began to play a less central role in wastewater treatment--and became more important for bird habitat.
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History Gallery - 1992: Fernhill Wetlands Council
Over the years, commmunity organizations have installed viewing platforms, bird boxes and other amenities; hosted events, such as Birds & Brew; and promoted community support for the Fernhill vision.
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History Gallery - 1993: Better connections among treatment facilities
This project created valuable flexibility in wastewater treatment by connecting the Forest Grove facility to those in Hillsboro. Thanks to these twin 24" pipes, Forest Grove has for years sent its solids to the larger Hillsboro facility, on River Road, for final processing. More recently, the smaller facility on Hillsboro Hwy has sent some of its influent to Forest Grove for cleaning and return to the river.
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History Gallery - 1994: Irrigation Project
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History Gallery - 1990s: Continuing Treatment Plant Improvements
As Washington County grew and water management methods evolved, changes at the Forest Grove Wastewater Treatment plant included irrigation system improvements, new pump stations and disinfection through ultraviolet light, rather than chlorine.
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History Gallery - 1999: MITIGATION WETLANDS
Community organizations, Unified Sewerage Agency, educators and others banded together in an early ecological enhancement project that mitigated the impacts of an expansion of Barney Reservoir, 20 miles to the west.
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History Gallery - 2006: OWNERSHIP SHIFTS
Clean Water Services began purchasing the property from the City of Forest Grove, beginning with the 2006 acquisition of 187 acres, including the wetlands. As this mid-2000s photo shows, Fernhill was already an attractive site for people and birds, but lacked the profound plant diversity we see today.
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History Gallery - 2008: Fernhill Master Plan
The first Fernhill Master Plan featured a proposal for treatment wetlands. In the decade since it was adopted, the plan has undergone regular updates and has continued to guide the transformation of the site.
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History Gallery - 2009: Important Bird Area
Portland Audubon designated Fernhill an Important Bird Area, confirming what local birders had known for years.
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History Gallery - 2012: Lower Treatment Wetland
Several acres of asphalt were converted to a wetland for testing the proposed approach to a natural treatment system.
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History Gallery - 2012: Water Garden
The Water Garden provides respite to people while providing habitat for waterfowl and playing a role in the natural treatment system. View construction photos and learn more on the Water Garden page.
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History Gallery - 2012: Birds & Brew
The first Birds & Brew brought community members together to celebrate new visitor amenities--including the picnic shelter, restroom and water garden--along with construction of the treatment wetlands.
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History Gallery - 2014: Construction of the South Wetlands
Converting 90 acres sewage lagoons to their new role in the natural treatment system was a massive construction project, including moving a quarter of a million cubic yards of earth and installing 180 habitat logs.
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History Gallery - 2015: South Wetlands Ready to Work
As construction ended and seeds began to germinate, green beauty returned to the South Wetlands. Trails reopened, and large-scale functioning of the natural treatment system drew nearer.
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History Gallery - 2015: Millions of Native Plants Take Root
Over the years, ecological enhancement projects at Fernhill have evolved in technique and scale. The creation of the South Wetlands, for example, included planting more than three billion seeds and 750,000 native plants -- including this Douglas Spirea.
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History Gallery - 2016: Volunteer Stewards Program launched
The Volunteer Stewards walk the paths and help visitors learn what's happening at Fernhill.
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History Gallery - 2017: Nutrient Filter
The current nutrient filter design, aims to remove ammonia, which is harmful to fish and wildlife. This filter uses a six-foot deep bed of gravel that acts as a host for ammonia-removing microbes that occur naturally in streams and rivers.
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History Gallery - 2017: Watershed Health Walks
Bilingual and bicultural guides lead watershed health walks for residents of Bienestar Community Development properties.
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History Gallery - 2017: Peak Performance Award
For the 15th year in a row, the Forest Grove treatment facility earned a Platinum Peak Performance Award from National Association of Clean Water Agencies, in recognition of perfect permit compliance over the course of five or more years. This 2017 photo shows the award-winning teams from the Forest Grove and Hillsboro CWS facilities.
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History Gallery - 2018: Parking lot
Improvements add capacity for visitors and dedicated bus parking for student groups.
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History Gallery - 2019: Floating Wetlands
Research begins to discover the potential for using natural biological processes that occur between water, plants, and microorganisms to remove contaminates from water.
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History Gallery - 2020: Visitor Amenities
Fernhill continues to expand and improve for our community and visitors. Recent additions include a Visitor Station to help guests understand how water travels through the site, a dedicated space for volunteers, and new trails along Fernhill Lake.
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History Gallery - Fernhill's Future
Keep an eye out for these developments on Fernhill's horizon: Visitor amenities including a viewing deck and nature play area. Continued research and innovation in agriculture, water recycling, and more. Ever-growing ecological diversity and expanded resources for education.
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Byer Family Gallery - Milton Byer and his four children, 1948
This tractor was among the farming equipment that the Byers moved from eastern Oregon.
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Byer Family Gallery - Milton Byer and his four children, 1948
This tractor was among the farming equipment that the Byers moved from eastern Oregon.
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Byer Family Gallery - Work horses
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Byer Family Gallery - "This was a job not many would tackle"
In their third year on the farm, Louise and Milton Byer dug a basement, spread a concrete floor, and -- with the help of workhorses Peggy and Bluebell -- moved the house to a new foundation.
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Byer Family Gallery - Milton Byer stacks hay for the livestock
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Byer Family Gallery - Atop the family's hay harvest, July 1948
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Byer Family Gallery - Doris Byer displays hops from the neighbor's farm
The Miller family, across the river from the Byers, harvested an average of 1000 pounds a year from each of their 23 acres of hops.
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Byer Family Gallery - Leona Byer with her father, Milton
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Byer Family Gallery - Looking north, toward Grand Lodge
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Byer Family Gallery - Working More than One Farm
In the early 1950s, the Byers expanded their bean farming to land they rented from the Moores, on South Birch St. Here, Leona Byer drives a tractor-load of beans home from the Moore farm, while Milton Byer leads the way in his 1949 Nash.
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Byer Family Gallery - Milton and Louise Byer
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Byer Family Gallery - Doris Byer in bean field
Decade later, Doris recalled, "Us kids became expert at twining bean fields and could twine a half a field in one day."
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Water Garden - Before Construction of the Water Garden 2012
Before the Water Garden, this area was a parking lot. You can see the iconic cottonwood tree in the background that now is a central feature to the Water Garden.
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Water Garden - Kurisu International Building Waterfall 2012
Hoichi Kurisu and his team placing boulders in the waterfall area of the Water Garden
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Water Garden - Bridge Installation 2012
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Water Garden - Early Placement of Bridges 2012
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Water Garden - Waterfall's First Flow 2012
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Water Garden - Water Garden Bridges 2013
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Water Garden - View from Waterfall 2013
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Water Garden - Water Garden and Floating Bridge 2014
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Water Garden - Water Garden Trails 2014
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Water Garden - Waterfalls 2015
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Water Garden - Fernhill Grand Opening 2015
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Water Garden - Water Garden Bridge 2015
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Water Garden - View from the Water Garden 2015
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Water Garden - Water Garden 2015
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Water Garden - Visitors walk the trails 2015
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Water Garden - View of Fernhill Lake 2016
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Water Garden - Health & Nature Walks 2017
Through Tree for All, Health & Nature walks are occurring to engage the local community in being active outside
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History
Byer Family History From 1938-54, Fernhill was home to cows and chickens, hops and beans--and hardworking farm kids!
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Gallery - Aerial of Fernhill 2017
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Gallery - Forest Grove Treatment Facility 1972
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Gallery - South Wetlands Under Construction
July 2014
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Gallery - Vegetation in the Water Garden
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Gallery - Dowitchers at Fernhill
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Gallery - Construction in the Water Garden
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Gallery - Dowitchers in flight
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Gallery - Fernhill Trails Open
May 1, 2014 Fernhill opened its trails to the public after years of construction
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Gallery - Kurisu International Construction
Hoichi Kurisu and his team hand placed each bolder in the waterfall and garden
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Gallery - Fernhill Water Garden
Early paths and bridges
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Gallery - Fernhill Water Garden
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Gallery - Greater Yellowlegs at Fernhill
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Gallery - Volunteer Tree Planting
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Gallery - Fernhill Picnic Shelter
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Gallery - Forest Grove Treatment Plant and Fernhill
July 2013
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Gallery - Fernhill Wetlands 2014
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Gallery - Fernhill Wetlands 2015
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Gallery - Birdhouse at Fernhill
2012
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Gallery - Water Garden
Floating bridge and boulders
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Gallery - Construction of Control Structure
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Gallery - View of Bridges
View of the Water Garden from the Waterfall
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Gallery - Sunset Over Fernhill Wetlands
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Gallery - Winter Wetlands
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Gallery - A Meander and Snag
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Gallery - Rootwad in the Wetlands
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Gallery - Dawn at Fernhill
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Gallery - 4 Billion Seeds
Over 4 billion seeds were spread throughout the Fernhill Wetlands
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Gallery - Construction of the Wetlands
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Gallery - Construction of the Wetlands
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Gallery - Waterfowl at Fernhill
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Gallery - Fernhill Grand Opening May 1, 2015
Crowd overlooking the waterfalls in the Water Garden
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Gallery - Fernhill Grand Opening 2015
Crowd throwing mud balls of seeds into the wetlands
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Gallery - Fernhill Wetlands
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Plants & Wildlife
Native Rough-skinned Newt Long-toed Salamander Pacific chorus Frog/Pacific tree Frog Red-legged Frog Non-native & Invasive Bullfrog
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Plants & Wildlife
Native Garter Snakes Turtles: Western Pond and Western Painted (both in decline) Non-native & Invasive Snapping Turtle Red-eared Slider
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Plants & Wildlife
Native Brown Bat Black-tailed deer Weasel Striped Skunk River Otter Common Raccoon Brush Rabbit American Beaver Common Muskrat Ground Squirrel Tree Squirrel Townsend’s Mole Coyote Bobcat Non-native & Invasive Nutria (South America)
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Plants & Wildlife
Non-native & Invasive Mosquito fish Bullhead Catfish Carp *Salmon, trout and other migratory fish are not present at Fernhill. Fish that do find their way to Fernhill, are washed in by Tualatin River flood waters.
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Plants & Wildlife
Native Douglas Fir Oregon Ash Large leaf Maple Western Red-Cedar Cottonwood (Black) Cascara Pacific Dogwood Oregon oak Pine (Shore, Ponderosa)
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Plants & Wildlife
Native Oregon Grape Willow (Geyer, Pacific, Scouler’s, Sitka) Pacific Ninebark Vine Maple Indian Plum Elderberry (Red and Blue) Thimbleberry Snowberry Salmonberry Serviceberry Red-flowering Currant Mock Orange Oceanspray Chokecherry Nootka Rose Douglas Spirea Red-twig Dogwood/Red-osier Dogwood Twinberry
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Plants & Wildlife
Native Aquatic Emergents: Sedges, Rushes, Hard-stem Bullrush, Common Tule
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Plants & Wildlife
Native Yarrow Camas Wapato Yellow Violet Oregon Sunshine Douglas Aster Milkweed Lupine
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Plants & Wildlife
Native Sword Licorice Deer Maidenhair
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Process - Screening
Large mechanical screens trap and remove inorganic materials from the wastewater like, wipes, dental floss and q-tips. These materials are collected in a dumpster and then disposed of in the local landfill.
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Process - Grit Removal
Screened wastewater is transferred to a pair of enclosed, circular basins that allows grit like coffee grounds, rocks, and dirt to settle out. Grit is rinsed, collected in a dumpster, and then disposed of in the local landfill.
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Process - Aeration Basin
Once the larger inorganic materials are removed, the wastewater is ready for treatment. The aeration basin’s primary function is to remove pollutants using microbes (tiny, naturally-occurring organisms). Oxygen is excluded and added to the basin sequentially to control the microbe population to optimize treatment. After the microbes treat the water, it is ready to be separated into solid and liquid resources.
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Process - Secondary Clarifiers
Solids and liquids are separated in the secondary clarifiers. The microbes enter into a large circular tank to settle. Settled microbes are returned to the aeration basin for continued use. Excess microbes are removed from the treatment process so a healthy population is maintained in the aeration basin. The removed solids are further processed and used for beneficial purposes like land application on farmlands. The liquid from the secondary clarifiers continues in the treatment process for disinfection.
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Process - Ultraviolet Disinfection
Treated wastewater from the secondary clarifiers still contains small amounts of bacteria. Ultraviolet or UV light, kills bacteria to protect humans and other living things. UV disinfection is a chemical-free, safe way to treat the water. After this step, treated water is ready for nutrient removal before being returned to the Tualatin River.
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Process - Nutrient Filter
Nutrient filters are designed to remove ammonia, which is harmful to fish and wildlife. The nutrient filter at Fernhill uses a six-foot deep bed of gravel that acts as a host for ammonia-removing microbes that occur naturally in streams and rivers. The approach used by Clean Water Services is to actively maximize the population of these microbes (many times more than in nature) so that the filter removes the ammonia before it continues on in the natural treatment process.
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Process - Treatment Wetlands
In the summer over an average five-day period, treated water travels through the NTS. Waterfalls aerate the water, native plants absorb nutrients, and the water is cooled through evapotranspiration (water is transferred to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants). Thousands of wetland plants continue to remove trace constituents to aid the conventional treatment process.
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Process - River Outfall
Naturally treated water is returned to the Tualatin River to rejoin the water cycle and be used again.
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Design
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Education - Make it stand out
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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News - Make it stand out
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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Byer Family History
Leona Byer and her siblings worked hard at the family farm at the site we now know as Fernhill.
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Byer Family History
Byer family swimming options may have included the mainstem of the Tualatin River and Dabblers Creek.
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Byer Family History
Louise Byer in the garden, years after relocating to the Tualatin Valley.
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Birding - Common Yellowthroat (Warbler)
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Birding - Great Blue Heron
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Birding - Tree Swallow
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Birding - White-breasted Nuthatch
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Birding - American White Pelican
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Birding - Green Heron
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Birding - Greater Yellowlegs (Sandpiper)
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Birding - Osprey
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Egret
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Great Blue Heron
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Red-winged Blackbird
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Butterflies can determine what kind of plant they have landed on by tasting the plant with their feet.
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Dragonflies are such effective hunters, they usually catch 90% of the prey they attack.
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Mason bees are valuable pollinators of fruit and nut trees, berries, and a few early spring flowers. A single mason bee will visit between 1,600 to 2,400 blossoms daily, and pollinate 90% of them.
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