Services and Resources for Environment

Biosolids are another valuable resource recovered through the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients and organic matter, Portland’s biosolids increase the productivity of dryland agriculture in Eastern Oregon by improving the soil while helping to capture and store carbon.
Investments in our water system today ensure access to clean and safe water for the entire region. We work hard to keep our infrastructure up to date and to prepare for emergencies.
Test water quality, tour a 1929 dam, and learn how forests help protect drinking water during this full-day school field trip. Grades 3–12. 
City of Portland regulations for businesses related to recycling, single-use bags, Styrofoam, single-use plastics, and proper waste container storage.
Sunderland Yard is the City of Portland’s recycling facility focusing on recycled materials from work done by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), including leaf composting, recycled rock, screened dirt, and sand from snow and ice response.
Information about the 2023 Camp Creek Fire in the Bull Run Watershed. The fire is no longer active.
Learn more about trees and development on City-owned or Managed Sites and Projects in the Right-of-Way. This page is for Capital Improvement Projects, Development on City-owned or Managed sites, & Projects in the Right-of-Way.

Carpool resources

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Oregon K-12 schools can use the SchoolPool online tool to match parents and caregivers with other drivers from their school to share rides. Portland Bureau of Transportation's Safe Routes to School program can support schools in connecting with the tool.
Environmental Services has made changes to the Pretreatment Enforcement Response Plan (ERP). Changes to the ERP are effective March 1, 2022.
Tips and resources about charging electric vehicles (EVs) at home or on the road from the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Vehicle charging 101, public charging, charging at homes with or without garages and driveways, charging at an apartment, condo, or multiunit dwelling.
There are several options for applying including; online, mail, and in person.

City Employees

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This page is intended to provide City employees a single location to access TrackIT applications for various Urban Forestry requests.
The Clean Air Construction (CAC) Program is a collaboration among public agencies in the Portland Metro Area to reduce diesel emissions on their construction projects. 

Clean River Rewards

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Does the rain that runs off your roof safely soak into the ground on your property instead of going into the city’s sewer and stormwater pipes? As a homeowner or renter, you could save up to $130 a year on the on-site stormwater charges of your bill. Commercial property owners could save even more.
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.
Meet some of the hardworking and talented people who work for Environmental Services. Learn about the wide variety of careers involved with working for clean rivers.