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 giant underground overflow tunnels filled up during heavy rain, leaving no ...

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 ...

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.

Time to cancel your morning Willamette River swim: The ‘Big Pipe’ is full

If you were planning on taking a dip in the Willamette River in Portland today, make new plans. The “Big Pipe” – “Big Pipes,” ...
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Rainwatch: Portland's 'Big Pipes' approached capacity during heavy rainfall

PORTLAND, Ore. — With heavy rain in the forecast, some Portlanders are keeping a close watch on the city's "Big Pipes," the massive sewage and stormwater systems running along both sides of the ...
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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 ...

Atmospheric river pushes Portland’s Big Pipe System to capacity, triggers combined sewer overflow

Portland’s Big Pipe system reached 100% capacity Thursday morning.
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DC Water: Massive sewer overflow could have been caused by 1960s construction

DC Water hasn't said what the exact cause of the break and overflow was, but they think the way it was constructed in the 60s ...