AT A GLANCE
WHO:
City of Walla Walla
WHAT:
Municipality of 31,731 residents – as of the
2010 census – that’s also the seat of
Walla Walla County and was recognized
as the “Friendliest Small Town in the United
States” by USA Today in 2011
WHERE:
Southeastern Washington, 13 miles north of
the Oregon state line; about 240 miles
northeast of Portland, Ore., and 260 miles
southeast of Seattle
WEBSITE:
www.WallaWallaWa.gov
But lest anyone thinkWallaWalla is playing
catch-up in all areas, it’s certainly not.
The city has long taken a progressive
approach to sustainability, which is best
illustrated by the aforementioned full-
reclamation wastewater treatment process
– alongside a surface water system that pulls
from a watershed source about 14 miles
away and brings the water down through a
pipeline whose change in elevation is
enough to run a hydropower generation
unit at the bottomend.
