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Portland and the federal government

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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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Clean River Rewards

Report a Spill or Pollution

Report a Sewer Problem

Report a Green Street Planter Concern

BES Employee Site

Sewer and Stormwater Rates and Charges

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

Working for Environmental Services

Find Environmental Services Projects

Being a Green Street Steward

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

About Environmental Services

Engineering Resources for Sewer, Stormwater, and Watershed Restoration Projects

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

Sewer and Stormwater Improvements

Protecting Rivers and Streams

Recovering Resources

Flooding in Portland

Preventing Pollution

Managing Stormwater

Permitting & Development

Environmental Grants and Incentives

Connecting to the Sewer

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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Past meetings and hearings

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