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Environmental Services

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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

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Report a Sewer Problem

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BES Employee Site

Check the Rec: Willamette River Water Quality Testing

Sewer, stormwater, water, and other utility rates and charges

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

Past meetings and hearings

Public Works Procurement Day

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