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Bull Run Filtration Project to resume construction

Multnomah County hearings decision upholds previous land use approval

Press release

Bull Run Filtration Facility land use permit update

In January 2025, the Land Use Board of Appeals remanded (sent back to Multnomah County) one item from the Bull Run Filtration Project's Multnomah County land use permit. The Water Bureau has begun a wind-down and pause of construction for the remand period.

News article

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