Atmospheric river fills Big Pipe; combined sewer overflow ongoing with more rain to come

A combined sewer overflow is occurring, and a mix of sewage and storm water is dumping into the Willamette River.
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Despite sewage overflow, Big Pipe doing its job, city says

PORTLAND, Ore. - A sewage overflow in Portland caused by Wednesday's big storm has some questioning the value of a $1.4 billion Big Pipe project completed in 2011. The city and an environmental group ...

Portland’s Big Pipe is full again. Here’s how the system works

Portland’s Big Pipe hit 100% capacity at about 6:26 a.m. Thursday. That does not mean the system failed. It means the city’s ...
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Big Pipe overflows into Willamette River with human waste, stormwater

Portland's Big Pipe reached capacity due to heavy rain, resulting in a Combined Sewer Overflow advisory for the Willamette ...