Presidents Day closure

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Portland and the federal government

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Show your toilet some love for World Toilet Day

World Toilet Day highlights the critical role of toilets and wastewater infrastructure in protecting public health and the environment. Learn more about our wastewater system and some easy steps you can take to show your toilet some love.

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Toilet paper role crushed into the shape of a heart on top of a second toilet paper roll.

Leak or treat? Our Home Water Leak Repair Program can give you the treat of a leak-free home!

When it comes to Halloween frights, you don't need ghosts, goblins, or ghouls to terrify. Home water leaks can be plenty scary. Here's a treat that's better than candy: Our Home Water Leak Repair Program can help Portland homeowners fix leaks for free. And that's no trick.

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Illustration of a concerned person holding a wrench looking at a toilet with a fountain of water shooting up from the bowl

Stories from the Home Water Leak Repair Program

Do you have a leaky toilet? Is your water service line leaking? If the answer is yes, you may be able to get it fixed for free through the Portland Water Bureau's Home Water Leak Repair Program.

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Open toilet in a nice bathroom overlaid with a icon showing two hands cupped around a $

Water-efficient home for the holidays

Get tips for cutting down on water use during the holidays!

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Snowy background with text that reads Water-Efficient Home for the Holidays.

Out of this world! Using space to find water leaks in Portland

What do Mars, water leaks, and Portland have in common? This Fix a Leak Week, learn how we're using satellites to find leaks and save money and water.

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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..

How to catch a running toilet

Toilet leaks are the most common household leaks. There’s no better time than Fix a Leak Week (March 18-24) to track down household leaks that waste more than ONE TRILLION gallons of water nationwide each year.

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Woman with crazed facial expression enthusiastically points at a toilet with blue water in the bowl.

Don't flush your money down the toilet

Leaks can waste a lot of water and money. There’s no better time than Fix-a-Leak Week (March 18-24) to track down household leaks that waste more than ONE TRILLION gallons of water nationwide each year.

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Text reading Let's find and fix leaks at home. Above and below the text are illustrations of different rooms in a house with water droplets over appliances that may have leaks

Don't flush your money down the toilet

Leaks can waste a lot of water and money. There’s no better time than Fix-a-Leak Week (March 20-26) to track down household leaks that waste more than ONE TRILLION gallons of water nationwide each year.

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Text reading Let's find and fix leaks at home. Above and below the text are illustrations of different rooms in a house with water droplets over appliances that may have leaks

How to catch a running toilet

Toilet leaks are the most common household leaks. There’s no better time than Fix a Leak Week (March 20-26) to track down household leaks that waste more than ONE TRILLION gallons of water nationwide each year.

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Woman with crazed facial expression enthusiastically points at a toilet with blue water in the bowl.

Water-Efficient Home for the Holidays

Get tips for cutting down on water use during the holidays!

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Snowy background with text that reads Water-Efficient Home for the Holidays.

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