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Water System Improvements

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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.

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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

Bull run lake on a sunny day. Mt Hood can be seen in the background with clouds around the peak.

Sign up for Water or project newsletters

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

Current major construction projects

An artist rendering highlights the redesigned Reservoir 4, with a riparian meadow in the foreground and the Vista Bridge and Downtown Portland in the background.

Washington Park Reservoirs project overview

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.

Fixing 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

Graphic reads "Lets prepare together" on top of a series of emergency preparedness related icons like a radio, mask, swiss army knife, map, etc.

How to prepare for a water emergency

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, advisory groups, and projects

map of Bull Run Treatment Projects in east Multnomah County, including the Improved Corrosion Control Treatment project off of Lusted Road and the Filtration project between Dodge Park Blvd and Bluff Road

Bull Run Treatment

In this artist's rendering, park-goers stroll along the reflecting pool at Washington Park Reservoir.

Washington Park Reservoirs Improvement Project

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

Willamette River Crossing Project

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

Mount Tabor Reservoirs

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

Water

News

Bull Run Treatment Projects Update - Summer 2023

Please read our summer 2023 Bull Run Treatment Project Update.

Newsletter

Filtration Neighbor Update - June 7, 2023

Newsletter

Bull Run Treatment Projects Update - May 2023

Please read our May 2023 Bull Run Treatment Project Update.

Newsletter

Bull Run Treatment Projects Update - Spring 2023

Please read our Spring 2023 Bull Run Treatment Project Update.

Newsletter

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