Construction

Environmental Services has nearly completed a project to repair 10,765 feet, or two miles, of aging public sewer pipes in downtown Portland. Having provided 100 to 150 years of service, pipes require repairs to reduce risks of basement flooding and sewage releases to downtown buildings and streets.

Environmental Services will construct a sewer service lateral repair in SW Washington Street. The repair, now planned for the spring of 2024, will help prevent backups into buildings and streets.

Environmental Services constructed a project that installed and upsized public sewer pipes, as well as constructed green street planters, within the Ladd’s Addition neighborhood. These improvements increase sewer capacity, relieve sewer backups, and reduce street flooding.

Environmental Services is designing a project to replace approximately 450 feet of public sewer pipe and install a sanitary lift station on S Terwilliger Boulevard just north of S Northgate Avenue. Unstable ground conditions pose a risk of the pipe failing. This project will address this.

Environmental Services is designing a project to upgrade and expand the aging pump station located at NE Marx Street and 105th Avenue in the Parkrose neighborhood. The project will modernize equipment, increase system capacity, and help protect public health and the environment.

Environmental Services is designing a project to extend the public sewer 180 feet into SE Ivon Street between SE 12th and SE 14th avenues. This will resolve nonconforming sewer connections and provide properties independent connections to the public sewer.

The SW Upper Drive Project is repairing or replacing aging sewer pipes in the SW Hills Residential League neighborhood. This project will protect the public and the environment by reducing the possibility of sewage releases to homes, businesses, and streets.

Environmental Services is designing a project to install and replace public sewer pipes along N Going Avenue, N Going Court, N Humboldt Street, and N Greeley Street. Replacing and repairing the aging and damaged sewer pipes will help protect public health and the environment.

Environmental Services has installed two underground stormwater management facilities on SW Kingston Avenue. The stormwater improvements will reduce the risks of sewage releases to homes, businesses, and streets.

The Inverness pump station and force main system (The Inverness System) is nearing the end of its service life, and is in need of repair or replacement. This project will choose a preferred solution for repair and/or replacement that protects public health and the environment.

Environmental Services is repairing approximately 350 feet of public sewer pipe along SW 16th Avenue in the undeveloped right-of-way between SW College and SW Upper Hall streets. Repairing this aging and damaged sewer pipe will help protect public health and the environment.

Environmental Services is designing a project to replace more than 400-feet of sewer piping in the Reed neighborhood in Southeast Portland. The project will protect public health and the environment by increasing sewer capacity and helping to prevent sewage releases to buildings and local streets.

Environmental Services is continuing to design a project to repair 1,157 feet of public sewer pipe that is in poor condition. These repairs will protect public health by reducing the risk of basement flooding and sewage releases to homes and streets.

Environmental Services is designing a project to replace more than 650 feet of 111-year-old public sewer pipe in SE 38th Avenue and SE Market Street. This work will protect public health by reducing the risk of basement flooding and sewage releases to homes and streets.

Environmental Services will be repairing approximately 400 feet of public sewer pipe along SW Broadway Drive in the gulch area located behind private properties and north of Marquam Nature Park. Repairing the aging and damaged sewer pipes will help protect public health and the environment.

Environmental Services – your sewer and stormwater bureau – is currently engaged in a pilot project that would extend an existing Local Improvement District (LID) and create stormwater treatment and management infrastructure to serve approximately 20 properties.

Environmental Services is constructing a project to extend the public sewer 50 feet in SW 11th Avenue between SW Taylors Ferry Road and SW Carson Street. This will resolve a nonconforming sewer connection and provide one property an independent connection to the public sewer.