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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 ...
WLWT

Overflow pipe will keep sewage out of Duck Creek

Sewage in Hamilton County has been combined for years with rainwater but now officials are looking to separate the two.When the weather is dry, the amount of water going through our sewers is easily ...

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 ...
KGW8

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 ...