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Water System Improvements

Program
Public Works
The Portland Water Bureau improves our water system every day by maintaining, repairing, and upgrading our infrastructure. We invest in our water system to keep our infrastructure up to date and increase our ability to provide water during and after emergencies.
Workers connect a fire hydrant to the water system. View full size image

Featured content

An illustration show two Portland Water Bureau employees wearing hard hats and vests guiding a pipe that is being lowered into a whole dug into a street.

Building for the future

Four water bureau employees pose for a picture standing in front of their truck with equipment showing

What to expect during a Water Bureau construction project

Three Water Bureau employees wearing high vis vests and hard hats use shovels to remove concrete from a hole in a street. A vertical blue stripe with wavy lines covers the right of the image. A light blue icon with an email symbol overlays the image.

Sign up for Water or project newsletters

A worker bends over to hand a pipe to another worker inside a concrete pit.

Current major construction projects

Washington Park Reservoir overview showing the reflecting pool with bright blue water, and the walking promenade surrounding the reservoir.

About the Washington Park Reservoir

Type treatment for the Filtration project with Bull Run Treatment Projects stacked on the left a thin line in the middle and Filtration on the right

About the Bull Run Filtration Project

Two construction workers standing in a square hole dug in the road with mud up to their knees. They are both using saws to cut old pipe out of the hole.

About water main breaks

Three photos of different flushing techniques. First is water flowing out of an orange hydrant and gently splashing on the curb and street with a blue sign behind saying "flushing our system to maintain water quality". The middle photo has a woman opening a valve on a hydrant that has a hose connected to it and water is spraying out the end of the hose. The last photo is of a orange hydrant that has a red box - the autoflusher - attached to the side and water is splashing out the bottom of the box.

Maintaining water quality with hydrant flushing

screenshot of a map with blue areas outlining locations where projects are happening

Map of major Water system improvement projects

Contact

Water Construction Project Outreach

waterprojects@portlandoregon.gov
phone number503-823-0102

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Related offices, programs, and projects

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

Water

map of Bull Run Treatment Projects in east Mult. Co.: Improved Corrosion Control Treatment project off of Lusted Rd and the Filtration project off Dodge Park Blvd

Bull Run Treatment

A water bureau employee examines a small container of water next to an open green water quality sampling station. Water is flowing from a spout in the sampling station.

Drinking water quality

Showing the turquoise reflecting pool water and historic gatehouse at Washington Park Reservoir

Washington Park Reservoir Improvement Project

Nighttime photo of Mt. Tabor reservoir with the lights of downtown Portland twinkling in the background

Mount Tabor Reservoirs

Bridge looking over the Willamette with pipes illistated below the water and soil is visible.

Willamette River Crossing Project

News

Filtration Neighbor Update - Feb. 6, 2026

Read the Feb. 6, 2026 Bull Run Filtration construction activity update to learn about work happening the week of Feb. 9.

Newsletter

Filtration Neighbor Update - Jan. 30, 2026

Read the Jan. 30, 2026 Bull Run Filtration construction activity update to learn about work happening the week of Feb. 1.

Newsletter

Bull Run Treatment Projects Update - Jan. 30, 2025

Please read our January 2025 Bull Run Treatment Projects Update.

Newsletter

Filtration Neighbor Update - Jan. 23, 2026

Read the Jan. 23, 2026 Bull Run Filtration construction activity update to learn about work happening the week of Jan. 26.

Newsletter

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Past Meetings and Hearings

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