Resources
Corvallis Community Relations Door Hanger
Corvallis Community Relations Live Smart Brochure
Linn-Benton Emergency Alert System Register
(The GT Twitter Feed has more up-to-date and useful notices than the main GT website)
Benton County Public Safety Live Audio Feed
(This is basically a web version of the sheriffs radio traffic.)
Office of the Dean of Student Life Corvallis Community Relations
City of Corvallis Vector (Rat) Control Information
Wastewater Collections/Surface Water Management Department:
Department has one employee currently certified, through Oregon Dept, of Agriculture, that can legally perform pesticide applications within the City of Corvallis right-of-way.
Certified City employees are limited to bait and pesticides within City infrastructure only. For safety and liability reasons, none can be placed above ground.
Currently, the vector (rat) control specialist is performing routine maintenance activities and following up on customer complaints, the last week of each month.
In the neighborhood from 36th street to 29th street, Harrison Ave. to Fillmore Ave., there are 11 bait stations located inside sanitary sewer manholes, throughout this area of town.
The bait stations are configured in a way that bait is placed on a string and once a small brick of material is eaten, another will drop and fill its place.
Corvallis Backflow Valve Program
Most of the time, the City's sewer pipes have adequate capacity to carry wastewater to the treatment plant. But during heavy, extended raining periods when the ground water is high, the capacity of some sections of the sewer system is exceeded. Ground water or surface water will enter older sewer pipes through cracks and, added to the wastewater flow, will exceed the space available in the pipe. When these conditions occur the water has to go somewhere. If it can't flow down the main pipe, it will back up into the service line and, possibly, all the way into the basement. A simple device in your sewer line, if properly maintained, can prevent wastewater from backing up into your basement. A one-way valve is installed in your line to allow wastewater to flow out, but it swings shut when wastewater tries to flow back in.