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Most City of Portland offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 20, to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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Our monthly email newsletter is your behind-the-scenes look at how we deliver excellent water every minute of every day. We also share a lot of water memes. Yes, memes.

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July 2024 newsletter
GIF of woman unhappy while being sprayed with water. Text says "how your lawn feels when you overwater"
June 2024 Newsletter
GIF of Portland Water Quality Report movie trailer
May 2024 Newsletter
Portland Water Construction Worker pretends to be a video game character with a distracted driver
April 2024 Newsletter
Image of a Portland Water Bag, a brown paper bag with sticker that says "drink Portland water."
March 2024 Newsletter
GIF of Sno-Cat plowing through snow in the Bull Run Watershed.
February 2024 Newsletter
Meme of Taylor Swift hugging Blake Lively at Super Bowl with text "When you knows where to find the emergency water shutoff valve"
January 2024 Newsletter
A water pipe wears a beanie and scarf and holds a mug. Text says "If you're cold, your pipes are cold too"
December 2023 Newsletter
GIF of phone with text that says Portland Water Bureau 2023 Wrapped
November 2023 Newsletter
A huge cat rides in the back of a Portland Water Bureau construction truck. The cat is wearing a plaid scarf and holding a Starbucks pumpkin spice latte. Fall leaves and pumpkins have been photoshopped in.
October 2023 Newsletter
Camp Creek fire burning in the foothills behind reservoir
August 2023 Newsletter
planet from space with text reading "Two years ago in a not so distant galaxy, Portland Water embarked on a revolutionary journey..."
July 2023 Newsletter
Portland Water employees pose for a photo with Portland Pickles Baseball Team mascot Dillon Pickle
June 2023 Newsletter
Looping video of two women in ponchos and rain gear working on a pipe that is rapidly leaking water.
May 2023 Newsletter 
A smiling man pours water into a groundwater model.
April 2023 Newsletter
Video clip of someone in an orange safety vest navigating under bushed and over mulch piles.
March 2023 Newsletter 
Satellite with emoji eyes and lips floating in space above the earth, surrounded by water droplets and water infrastructure (such as pipes, toilets, fire hydrants, etc.) and planets..
February 2023 Newsletter
Gif that shows gravel shooting out of a large machine into a river.
December 2022 Newsletter
Photo of a bridge being built over a dry creek bed. A large crane on the far side of the creek lifts a large concrete beam into the air above the partially built bridge.
September 2022 Newsletter
Photo of a construction project showing a partially dug up street, with several water pipes waiting on the road. Two Water employees are talking near a CAT digger, with a third walking towards them.
August 2022 Newsletter
Clip from a video showing drag queen Darcelle XV talking with a water bureau employee and pointing at a map of Portland's water system.
June 2022 Newsletter
Photo showing water pipes laying along the edge of a residential street with two orange cones at either end of the pipes.
May 2022 Newsletter
a fire lookout tower stands on a flower covered mountaintop with a wide horizon
April 2022 Newsletter
Powell Butte Park Mt Hood View
March 2022 Newsletter
And people love beer here and they love food and love anything green!
Februrary 2022 Newsletter
gif of the city of Portland, showing the river and bridges, and a benson bubbler
January 2022 Newsletter
Santa Clause driving a Portland Water Bureau truck in Bull Run
December 2021 Newsletter
A gif for our Groundwater for the Win video. It shows construction and piles of rocks.
November 2021 Newsletter
A gif of constuction. A crane is moving a pipe over to be installed.

 October 2021 Newsletter
Carbon dioxide tank being moved to Bull Run
September 2021 Newsletter
We work with community and neighbors to protect against groundwater
August 2021 Newsletter
Powell Butte nature park is a protected area for birds
July 2021 Newsletter
Generations of Portlanders will benefit from the long-term improvements we're making to enhance our water system’s resilience
June 2021 Newsletter
50-foot silo being moved on an oversized load truck
May 2021 Newsletter
We came here to clean our water system and give the side-eye to any unsafe drivers.
April 2021 Newsletter
I love Tap Water!
March 2021 Newsletter
Construction worker looking at crane dig up concrete
February 2021 Newsletter
water workers on a boat towards the Hawthorne bridge
January 2021 Newsletter
Water Bureau's new director, Gabe Solmer
December 2020 Newsletter
Cloudless morning
October 2020 Newsletter
In this new episode of our series Water Stories, Loretta Guzman, owner of the Bison Coffeehouse in Cully, talks about adapting her business to the new realities of the pandemic and how the Water Bureau's SPUR program helped her bridge the gap.

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