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Dust controls may be needed on sites for various activities, including land disturbance, demolition, or material handling. Dust may contain pesticides, heavy metals, bacteria, or other contaminants. Rain can wash dust and its contaminants into the stormwater system or into a river or stream.

Ecoroofs

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Ecoroofs are an attractive way to manage the rain on your property without altering the landscape. An ecoroof, also known as a green roof, can be a good solution for properties with little or no yard or patio space.
Environmental Services has completed repairing a 20-inch diameter pressurized pipe at the base of the Columbia Slough bike/pedestrian bridge north of the Columbia Blvd Wastewater Treatment Plant. Repair of the aging pipe protects public health and the environment.
Find manuals, standards, and other technical resources to use when working on sewer, stormwater, and watershed projects within the City of Portland.
To be eligible to participate in the Environmental Services Submeter Program a business must submit a completed application.
On this page, you will learn about the work Environmental Services completed to update how we charge our rates so that sewer and stormwater rates accurately reflect the cost of serving each customer.
The CAD tools and templates found on this page are intended for use with sewer, stormwater, and watershed restoration capital improvement projects for the City of Portland. These templates and tools are maintained by Environmental Services.
In addition to Portland's bureaus of Transportation and Water, Environmental Services maintains a list of approved, commonly-used construction products for use within the public right-of-way. Find the current list and learn more about the construction product approval process.
Doing business with Environmental Services can be a lucrative and rewarding venture. The bureau works with businesses interested in responding to bids or contract opportunities with an emphasis on outreach and support for disadvantaged, service disabled veteran, minority and women-owned businesses.
Find information, process, and schedules for properties that Environmental Services has identified as surplus and is posting for sale.
Environmental Services and Portland Water offer paid internships to Future Connect Scholarship recipients currently enrolled at Portland Community College (PCC). However, due to COVID-19, no internships are currently available.
Gain valuable work experience and on-the-job training as an intern with Environmental Services. View job descriptions for paid student internships in engineering, maintenance, stormwater management, business administration, and more.
Environmental Services offers paid student internships for students in trade school, college, or university. Learn more about our internship opportunities in engineering, maintenance, stormwater management, business administration, and more.
Sediment from erosion sometimes contains harmful pollutants. When this sediment washes into our rivers and streams, it can harm fish and other aquatic life. Learn how to help protect public health and the environment by managing erosion and sediment.
The City of Portland, through the Bureau of Environmental Services, owns the property at 3737 N Emerson and the adjacent Swan Island Boat Ramp. This property is no longer needed for operations.
Some businesses, like food service establishments, pay extra strength charges in addition to the base sewer rate because the wastewater they discharge to the sewer contains more waste. These charges appear on the bill as biochemical oxygen demand and total suspended solids charges. Learn more.
The Fanno Creek watershed spans more than 20,000 acres in the west and southwest of Portland. Encounter its diverse fish and wildlife on the Fanno Creek Trail and Greenway or several Portland parks.
This report card summarizes conditions in the Fanno Creek watershed. After 25 years of effort, water quality and habitat scores have greatly improved. The area's fish and wildlife will benefit from new green infrastructure projects.
Water containing high concentrations of fats, oil, grease (FOG), and other food waste can build up and block sewer pipes. Clogged sewer pipes can cause raw sewage to back up into homes and businesses or overflow into streets and streams.
Restaurants and other food service establishments are the main sources of fats, oil, and grease (FOG). FOG can cause sewer backups and overflows if it is allowed to go down drains. These best management practices can help you better manage FOG at your business to prevent costly sewer problems.
Environmental Service offers loans to property owners to finance system development, line, branch, or sewer conversion charges, as well as the cost of hiring a qualified contractor to connect a building, motor home, or recreational vehicle to the City sewer or replace a nonconforming sewer.
Environmental Services has sewer, stormwater, and watershed restoration projects throughout Portland. These projects could be in either planning, design, or construction. Locate projects using the map below.
Fish have helped shape ecosystems in Portland for thousands of years. There are more than 40 species of fish in the city’s rivers and streams. More than half of them are native to the Pacific Northwest.
Find Portland floodplain maps. View Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Portland and the City's Composite February 1996 Flood Inundation Area Map. Find flood hazard regulations and search all of FEMA's current and past map products on its website.

Flood Safe Columbia River

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Flood Safe Columbia River is an initiative to raise awareness about the flood protection system along the Columbia River. This initiative includes local agencies, businesses, and community groups who are committed to upgrading and improving our aged flood safety system.