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Case Study: City Of Hillsboro
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•Case Study: City Of Hillsboro
By Neptune Technology Group Inc.
Growing Pains – Trying to Keep Up with Overstrained Resources
When the town of Hillsboro, Oregon was incorporated in 1876, the residents had to carry water in buckets from local wells and streams. By the time Hillsboro formed its own utilities commission in 1940, the expanding city had switched from a wooden pipe carrying water from Sain Creek to a steel line from the Tualatin River. Today the area continues to grow, due in large part to its location in the heart of the West Coast's "Silicon Forest." While this
has helped insulate local communities against the effects of the economic recession, the manufacturing of computer chips and solar panels, along with the expanding population, require increasing amounts of water to meet the community's needs. The City has approximately 2,500 commercial and industrial (C&I) users with the remainder of the City's 25,000 service accounts consisting of residential accounts.
•Case Study: City Of Hillsboro
