Services and Resources for Water, stormwater, and sewer

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Information about the 2023 Camp Creek Fire in the Bull Run Watershed. The fire is no longer active.

Environmental Services has made changes to the Pretreatment Enforcement Response Plan (ERP). Changes to the ERP are effective March 1, 2022.

Are you planning to swim, boat, or play in the Willamette River? The river’s water quality is generally safe for swimming and other recreation thanks to the Big Pipe Project and other water quality improvements. Check for yourself. We test the river for bacteria counts regularly and post results.

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.

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.

Environmental Services' Columbia Slough Sediment Program works closely with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to investigate environmental conditions in the slough and implement actions to prevent pollution and improve watershed health.

For over 100 years, Portland water customers have enjoyed high-quality drinking water at their taps. We are prepared to adapt and plan for a warming climate to continue to provide water that's safe and abundant for years to come.