When Ray Pardee sees the award plaques on the walls at the Row River Water Treatment Plant, he feels pretty good.That’s because the awards don’t just represent quality finished water, they document how far he and his staff — Steve Norman and Sam Haynes — have come in just a few years learning to operate what is essentially a brand-new facility, drawing from Oregon’s Row River.It’s not just the new strainers and membranes, SCADA system and chemical feed apparatus. “This plant used to be seasonal, operating in support of the Layng Creek Water Plant,” says Pardee, plant superintendent. But in
