A long-planned project to relocate the outfall pipe from Hood River’s wastewater treatment plant into the Columbia River is starting today.  City Manager Steve Wheeler says the move was necessitated by changes in river flows as the result of debris flows during a 2006 storm.  In-water work has to take place between mid-November and mid-March, and the complete project should wrap up in the spring.  The City received a low interest loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture loan to do the work.