Riverbend Riverbank Water District

461 SW Hebb Park Rd, West Linn OR, 97068-9403

P.O. Box 1155, Hillsboro OR, 97123-1155

Federal Tax ID: 93-0843282, State Business ID#: 1403506-4

Contacts

President
John Carnathan
Term expires January 2027
Carnathan5353@gmail.com
503-789-9467

Vice President
Jack Chernus
Term expires January 2027
chernusjack@gmail.com
714-944-4406

Secretary
Jan Chernus
Term expires January 2027
janmchernus@gmail.com
503-329-2470

Treasurer
Joanne Houseworth
Term expires January 2028
joanne@houseworth.us
503-867-5951

BOD Member At Large
Phil Roach
Term expires January 2028
insitus@aol.com
503-722-4253

Alternate BOD Member
Jessica Hart
Term expires January 2028
Hartjessic@gmail.com
360-281-0780

Alternate BOD Member
Liz Hammack
Term expires January 2028
enhammack@sonic.net
503-479-0052

System Operator
Bob Smethers
bob@smethers.com
971-207-5147

Billing - Bookkeeping
Elite Accounting Solutions
lisa@eliteaccountingteam.com
503-848-9809

Webmaster
Bob Smethers
webmaster@rrwd.org
971-207-5147

General E-Mail
rrwd97068@outlook.com

Welcome to our website. The Riverbend Riverbank Water Improvement District is a non-profit community water system serving 81 homes in our neighborhood. Our water source is from two wells near Hebb Park Rd, supplying our reservoir and then to our distribution system. We are governed by Federal, State, and County regulations.

On these pages, you will find Water District contacts, links to various important documents, and reports on improvements made to our system over past years.

Upcoming System Activity - MONTHLY system flush
Sunday March 8, 2026 - Noon to 3pm
Sunday April 5, 2026 - Noon to 3pm
Sunday May 3, 2026 - Noon to 3pm

Click here to see current Monthly Water Use graph

Upcoming BOD Activity - Regular Meeting Dates:
Thursday April 16, 2026 - 7pm
Thursday July 16, 2026 - 7pm
Thursday October 22, 2026 - 7pm

Annual Meeting Date:
Thursday January 21, 2027 - 7pm

All Meetings held at Riverbank Clubhouse

Recent RRWD BOD & System Activity

2026 Pumphouse Projects - February, 2026

2026 RRWD Insurance - January 2026 thru December 2026

BOD Minutes - January, 2026

BOD Minutes (Tentative) - Annual Meeting - January, 2026

System Operator Report - Annual Meeting - January, 2026

2025 Spreadsheet & Budget - posted January, 2026

2025 System Capacity & Usage - posted December, 2025

2025 Reservoir Projects (Fall) - September & October, 2025

2025 BOD Oath Of Office - RRWD BOD Oath Of Office - September, 2025

2025 Quarterly Meeting - RRWD Quarterly Meeting Minutes - September, 2025

Well Pump A Replacement - (installed new 1974) - Fisher's Supply - July, 2025

Reservoir Maintenance Report - cleaned & inspected - Midco - July, 2025

Reservoir Maintenance - cleaned & inspected - Midco - July, 2025

2025 Quarterly Meeting - RRWD Quarterly Meeting Minutes - July, 2025

2025 Quarterly Meeting - RRWD Quarterly Meeting Minutes - March, 2025

BOD Minutes - Annual Meeting - January, 2025

System Operator Report - Annual Meeting - January, 2025

2025 RRWD Insurance - January 2025 thru December 2025

One Call Concepts * Utility Notification Center - Member Form - December, 2024

Non-Lead Service Line Report - OHA DWS - November, 2024

BOD Minutes - June, 2024

System Operator Report - Annual Meeting - February, 2024

Reservoir Maintenance - cleaned & inspected - Midco - February, 2024

Water Rate Increase - effective October 01, 2023

Reservoir Maintenance - rooftops cleaned - April, 2023

2023 Annual Meeting - RRWD Annual Meeting Minutes - January, 2023

Water Rate Increase - effective January 01, 2023

System Operator Report - Annual Meeting - January, 2023

Reservoir Maintenance - cleaned & inspected - Midco - January, 2023

Pumphouse Upgrades - Flow Meter replaced - January, 2023

Pumphouse Upgrades - Distribution Pumps replaced - September, 2022

System Operator Report - Annual Meeting - January, 2022

2021 Quarterly Meeting - RRWD Quarterly Meeting Minutes - April, 2021

Latest Chemical Testing - 2021 - major chemical testing on 3-year cycle

System Operator Report - Annual Meeting - March, 2021

Latest Chemical Testing - 2020 - major chemical testing on 3-year cycle

Reservoir Cleaning - professionally cleaned - Midco - August, 2020

Bylaws and Rules & Regulations amended as published - April, 2020

System Operator Report - Annual Meeting - January, 2020

2019 Annual Meeting - including system report - January, 2019

System Operator Report - Annual Meeting - January, 2019

Reservoir Cleaning - professionally cleaned - Liquivision - March, 2018

Emergency Response Plan and Operations Manual updated - March, 2018

PumphouseUpgrades - metering and backup system - February, 2017

Physical address assigned to District - 461 SW Hebb Park Rd - December 2016

Reservoir roof cleaning - January, 2016

Water Rate Increase - effective January 1, 2015

BOD Minutes - April, 2014

Board Member Award - Special Districts Assn - February, 2012 - See Article

Water Hardness Test - Alexin Labs - December, 2011 - See Report

Water System Survey - County & OR/DHS - October, 2011 - See Report

New Master and System Water Meters - October, 2011 - See Illustration

Locating and mapping all Customer shutoffs - July-August, 2010

Iron & Manganese sequestering system completed - April, 2010

Transducer-controlled reservoir level switching - March, 2010

Converted to 3-phase variable speed pump - February, 2010

Installation of 3-phase controller and switching - February, 2010

Upgrade to current style chlorine injection pumps - October, 2009

Automatic chlorine analyzer and metering system - October, 2009

Chlorine conversion from household bleach to 12.5% - September, 2009

BOD Agenda - August, 2009

BOD Minutes - July, 2008

BOD Minutes - August, 1992

BOD Minutes - March, 1992

BOD Minutes - February 12, 1992

BOD Minutes - February 11, 1992

BOD Minutes - January 22, 1992

BOD Minutes - January 14, 1992

BOD Minutes - November, 1991

BOD Minutes - September, 1991

BOD Minutes - May, 1991

BOD Minutes - April, 1991

BOD Minutes - February, 1991

RRWD Articles of Incorporation - February 7, 1984

RRWD Historic Pics - In The Beginning

RRWD Historic Pics - Pump House 1981 - 2003

RRWD Historic Pics - Well field 1981 - 2003

for information on this site contact: webmaster@rrwd.org

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Oregon.gov

Annual Report
December 26, 2025

Clackamas County

Utility Placement Agreement
Sept 12, 2013

Water System Survey
Feb 15, 2018

Oregon Health Authority

Source Water Assessment
Dec 28, 2020

DEQ

DEQ Information Sheet For Water Quality
July 20, 2020

EPA

Cross Connection Control Manual
February 2003

RRWD CCR

Consumer Confidence Report
for 2024 as reported in 2025

Consumer Confidence Report
for 2023 as reported in 2024

Consumer Confidence Report
for 2022 as reported in 2023

Consumer Confidence Report
for 2021 as reported in 2022

Consumer Confidence Report
for 2020 as reported in 2021

Consumer Confidence Report
for 2019 as reported in 2020

RRWD Links

Yearly Water Use Graph
2006 to 2025

Rate Comparison
updated October 2025

Operations Manual
updated November 2022

Emergency Response Plan
updated December 2025

RRWD Rules and Regulations

RRWD Bylaws

RRWD Address Map

RRWD Sector Map

Oregon Public Health
Drinking Water Program
PWS # OR41 00458

Utility Notification Center
800-332-2344
'call before you dig'

Services - Vendors
as recommended
by your neighbors

Neighbors Helping
as offered
by your neighbors

Calendar

The water lines throughout the
system are purged during the first week of each month. We send out email notifications as a reminder of the date & time. Water pressure may fluctuate during this time.

In Memoriam

Don Smethers 1939 - 2020