Services and Resources for Community education and outreach

Learn more about sewer repair, sewer repair permits and sewer inspections in this guide. Find out who pays for party sewers repairs, when to schedule a sewer inspection and who can repair a sewer. Get helpful tips and information about broken sewer lines and drain lines. (Also known as Brochure 7)

Budget Advisory Committee members change on an annual basis. The following were the Development Services committee members during the most recent budget development cycle.

Building Code Board of Appeal members and alternates are appointed to serve three-year positions.

All City of Portland Bureaus released Five-year Racial Equity Plans in 2016. The detailed plans address specific racial inequities and bring to life the City’s Racial Equity Goals and Strategies which were adopted as binding City policy by City Council in 2015.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides money and assistance for the Portland community. The City of Portland received $114 million in federal relief funds to distribute throughout the region and address COVID-19's impact on our health, households and small businesses.

The City of Portland is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) virtually on July 29, 2020. Learn about the ADA and experiences of people with disabilities in the United States.

We are tracking four audits that made 20 recommendations to the Chief Administrative Officer. Two audits addressed the renovation of the Portland Building. One audit involved homeless camp cleanups and the other audit assessed City-issued credit card use.

We noted compliance risks for the City related to the Americans with Disabilities Act during an audit of emergency preparedness but the risks were outside of the audit's scope. We are calling attention to them here so City Council and the public can act with urgency to address them.

This curated collection of videos, articles, worksheets, and other web-based tools provides teachers with background resources or extension activities for Clean Rivers Education field trips or classroom activities.

Take a tour with us from your home or classroom! Virtually visit Whitaker Ponds, Oaks Bottom, Erroll Heights, or Marshall Park.

Through Clean Rivers Education classroom activities, students define problems, carry out investigations, make arguments from evidence, and communicate their solutions. Lessons are 60-90 minutes depending on lesson and age group. Many can be adapted in complexity across grade levels.

Clean Rivers Education field trips give students an opportunity to learn about watershed health, the causes and effects of water pollution, and what they can do to protect rivers and streams. We design our field trips to complement teachers’ curricula and Next Generation Science Standards.

Macroinvertebrates are animals without a backbone that you can see without a microscope. They are excellent indicators of watershed health and are an important food for birds, fish, and amphibians. Use these education resources to find out more about these fascinating creatures!

Native plants provide wildlife habitat, shade to keep rivers and streams cool, and their roots help prevent soil erosion. Invasive plants can reproduce rapidly and spread quickly, taking space, nutrients, water, and light from other plants. Find teaching resources about native and invasive plants.

A riparian habitat includes the land next to water. Learn more about Pacific northwest wildlife that need healthy riparian habitats.

Use these education resources to learn about salmon and other fish species that live year-round in the city's rivers and streams in various life stages — spawning, rearing, and/or migrating. Find out about the challenges they face and how we can help protect and restore fish habitat.

In nature, soil and plants absorb most of the rain. In the city, rain washes over streets and buildings and can carry pollution to rivers and streams or cause erosion and flooding. Check out these stormwater and green infrastructure education resources to learn more!

What happens to the water after it goes down a toilet, sink, bathtub, or a storm drain? Learn what not to flush and how recovering the resources from that “used” water helps keep our community’s rivers healthy and creates renewable resources for energy and agriculture.

How do we know if our watersheds are healthy? Monitoring conditions in Portland’s rivers and streams helps us understand the health of our watersheds and track changes over time. Check out these education resources about water quality.

A watershed is an area of land where all the rain and snowmelt drains to a common body of water such as a river, stream, lake, or slough. People, fish, and wildlife need healthy watersheds to survive. Check out these education resources and learn what we can all do to protect Portland watersheds.