Beautifying the Kellogg Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility is a community affair in the City of Milwaukie, a northwest Oregon city 11 miles south of Portland.With an intergovernmental agreement and significant citizen input, more than 1,000 shrubs and 250 trees were planted near the activated sludge wastewater treatment plant that is across the street from downtown and next to a residential neighborhood.“It was truly a cooperative effort of Clackamus County, the City of Milwaukie and the Kellogg Good Neighbor Committee,” says Doug Rumpel, operations supervisor of the 10 mgd design/8.02 average flow tertiary treatment facility owned by the county.Diverse speciesHundreds
