Portland’s Big Pipe hit 100% capacity Thursday after heavy rains, triggering a combined sewer overflow advisory that remains in effect for the Willamette River. The overflow began about 4:20 p.m.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – As a strong atmospheric river makes its way through the Pacific Northwest, residents have braced themselves for flooding, downed trees, and power outages. Now add sewage to the ...

OCWA has been battling water leaks in the same area since at least summer, when a valve off the main transmission line leaked ...

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 ...

Farkas tells us he wants Calgary city hall to be boring. It’s not boring now. It’s vein-popping aggravating, it’s bumbling ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A major pipeline project is ensuring the city has enough water in the years to come. You’ve likely seen construction equipment and big pipes lined up along U.S. 65 between Chestnut ...

The sad saga of Calgary’s ever-lousier water pipe system Farkas himself calls a ticking time bomb has a history going back years and it sure looks like there was a dereliction of duty while ...

A landmark proposal from the federal government to require the removal of lead pipes connecting customers to public drinking water systems could go a long way in reducing lead poisoning in Louisiana, ...