Portland’s Big Pipe hit 100% capacity at about 6:26 a.m. Thursday. That does not mean the system failed. It means the city’s giant underground overflow tunnels filled up during heavy rain, leaving no ...
Water watchers know: Sometimes, you can’t swim in the Willamette River. That’s because when the wastewater system gets inundated with water, it overflows, sending raw sewage into the river that ...
For decades, Portland lived with a dirty little secret. The eco-friendly city, so proud of its bike paths and recycling bins, was a seething vortex of water pollution. With every storm, the antique ...