Portland and the federal government

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Water Resources Education

Program
Public Works
Education resources from the Water Bureau.
Class of young kids with their backs to camera looking over the side of a concrete dam looking at a calm body of water with green mountains in the background. View full size image

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kids walking along gravel road into forest with dam and reservoir in background

Water Bureau programs for schools

group of adults sitting at a table in a large room looking at a man demonstrating a plastic tank with water

Water Bureau programs for the community

Contact

Water Resources Education

waterbureaueducation@portlandoregon.gov
503-823-5351

Related offices, programs, and projects

Concrete dam with lake behind it and surrounded by forest with fall colors on the trees

Water

Picture of a child at a Benson Bubbler water fountain.

Bull Run Filtration Project

Bull Run lake with Mount Hood in the distance. The lake is surrounded by evergreen forest.

Water Efficiency Program

News

Five reasons why our Drinking Water Source Protection Award is basically an Olympic gold medal

In 2025, the Portland Water Bureau won a Drinking Water Source Protection Award from the State of Oregon. While it’s no skeleton (yes, that’s a real Olympic event), we’d argue that source water protection is as hard as any Olympic event. Don’t believe us? We brought receipts.

Blog post

Water drop costume with a fancy certificate and a gold medal. The drop is superimposed over two images representing the bull run and groundwater sources.
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