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Environmental Services

Bureau/office
Public Works
Environmental Services is your sewer and stormwater utility. We protect public health and our environment by collecting and recovering resources from the city’s wastewater, managing stormwater, and restoring and protecting Portland’s rivers, streams, and watersheds.
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Pay my bill

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Clean River Rewards

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Report a Spill or Pollution

Report a Sewer Problem

Report a Green Street Planter Concern

BES Employee Site

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Sewer and Stormwater Rates and Charges

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Big Pipe Tracker: See how the Big Pipes prevent combined sewer overflows

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Working for Environmental Services

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Find Environmental Services Projects

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Being a Green Street Steward

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Best Management Practices to Prevent Pollution and to Protect Our Rivers and Streams

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About Environmental Services

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Engineering Resources for Sewer, Stormwater, and Watershed Restoration Projects

Learn what you can safely flush down the toilet into the City sewer system.

What you can (and can't) flush

Contact

Environmental Services

BESinfo@portlandoregon.gov
503-823-7740
503-823-6995

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Environmental Services

1120 SW Fifth Avenue
Suite 613
Portland, OR 97204
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Hours: Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Related offices, programs, and projects

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Sewer and Stormwater Improvements

Several kayakers paddling in the Columbia Slough with many trees along the bank.

Protecting Rivers and Streams

A City of Portland pickup truck is fueled at an RNG fueling station located at the Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant

Recovering Resources

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Flooding in Portland

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Preventing Pollution

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Managing Stormwater

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Permitting & Development

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Environmental Grants and Incentives

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Connecting to the Sewer

News

Traffic Advisory: NW Cornell Rd closure extended as work to repair road damage continues

NW Cornell Rd between NW Thompson and NW Skyline is closed. Emergency work to repair damage from a landslide on NW Cornell Rd is expected to take longer than originally anticipated. Closure may extend through April.

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Events

Clean Rivers Education StoryWalk

This spring, Environmental Services invites Portland families to get outside and journey along one or both of our StoryWalk® locations at Whitaker Ponds in northeast Portland or at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge in southeast Portland.

Community event
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West Lents Floodplain Restoration Project Cleanup and Presentation

Join Environmental Services and community partners, including Green Lents, Malden Community Orchard, and SOLVE, for a presentation, tour, and volunteer cleanup at the West Lents Floodplain Restoration Project along Johnson Creek.

9:00 am 12:00 pm
Volunteer event
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Past meetings and hearings

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