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 ...
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 ...
Portland issued a combined sewer overflow (CSO) advisory for the Willamette River Tuesday as the city's Big Pipe system hit 100% capacity. Although the city's Big Pipes have led to a dramatic ...