Request a Permit for Sewer Access

Service

You must have prior permission to enter city stormwater, sanitary, or sewer systems. Environmental Services issues authorization. Use the form provided below.

By email
By phone

Download and Complete Form

Sewer and drainage system access authorization form (286.7 KB)
Email Form

Choose the appropriate contact person, based on the nature of your project.

Sampling and Modeling Access
For submissions and questions regarding sampling and modeling access to the systems, use the email link below.
jeremiah.hess@portlandoregon.gov
Scoping and Cleaning Access
For submissions and questions regarding scoping and cleaning access to the systems, use the email link below.
jeremiah.hess@portlandoregon.gov
Academic Research
If your access request is for the purposes of academic research, use the email link below.
alice.brawley-chesworth@portlandoregon.gov

Call us

For questions about whether you need a permit to access the systems, or how to apply for one, call us at one of the numbers below.

Topics

Transportation and roads

Construction and development

Environment

Water, stormwater, and sewer

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Elected Officials

Request a Permit for Sewer Access

Download and Complete Form

Email Form

Sampling and Modeling Access

Scoping and Cleaning Access

Academic Research

Call us

Sampling and modeling access

Scoping and cleaning access

Academic research

Topics

City of Portland, Oregon

Request a Permit for Sewer Access

Call us

Sampling and modeling access

Scoping and cleaning access

Academic research

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