Portland Insights Survey Mailer

Randomly selected Portlanders will receive a letter in the mail from Portland State University. Learn more about the survey or call 3-1-1 for assistance.

Portland and the federal government

Learn about our sanctuary city status, efforts to block federal overreach: Portland.gov/Federal

Recovering Resources

Program

The practice of resource recovery transforms waste materials into valuable products. Through the wastewater treatment process, Environmental Services recovers valuable resources like energy—while preparing the water for its return to the water cycle. This helps us create a more sustainable future.

Featured content

Report a Sewer Odor

Report a Sewer Problem

Report a Green Street Planter Concern

Report a Spill or Pollution

Poop to Power: Turning Wastewater into Clean Energy

About the Wastewater Treatment Process

Biosolids return nutrients to the soil

About the Secondary Treatment Expansion Program

Find Environmental Services Projects

Wastewater Operator-In-Training Program

Sign up for Environmental Services Odor Notifications for the Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant

What you can (and can't) flush

Contact

Environmental Services

BESinfo@portlandoregon.gov

503-823-6995

Follow on social media

Environmental Services LinkedIn

PortlandBES YouTube

Related offices, programs, and projects

Environmental Services

Managing Stormwater

Sewer and Stormwater Improvements

Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant Community Advisory Committee

Clean Rivers Education

Environmental Grants and Incentives

Preventing Pollution

Connecting to the Sewer

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