Natural Gas . Natural gas service is provided by NW Natural , which distributes gas to more than 475,000 commercial, industrial and residential customers in western Oregon and southwestern Washington. Water service inside most city limits is supplied by that city. Contact the closest city or water district for that information Phone. Qwest provides phone service to most of the metropolitan area with GTE providing service to Aloha, Banks, Beaverton, Boring, Forest Grove, Gaston, Gresham, Hillsboro, Sandy, Scholls, Sherwood, Stafford, Tigard, Tualatin and Wilsonville.
Customers have a choice of long distance carrier for service beyond the area.
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