Surface Drainage provides services for the 8.5 miles of large drainage canals, 20 miles of roadside ditches and 3.5 miles of the Millrace waterway. Goals of the Surface Drainage program are to clean and reshape ditches to improve the quality of storm water runoff discharged to rivers, and to eliminate traffic visibility problems by controlling vegetation in and along roadside ditches, cross-country canals and rights-of-way. The Millrace waterway provides water for fire protection to several industrial users along the Millrace, irrigation and storm water conveyance. The Millrace system was donated to the City in 1985 by Georgia-Pacific. In addition to meeting current flow management obligations, the City has completed several projects in the Millrace and millpond area, including two in-partnership with the National Park Service; identification of public interest and concerns regarding the millrace/millpond system; and construction of a small park near the millrace outlet.

Telephone contact: (541)726-3761

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Last updated April 1, 2008