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Portland's 'Big Pipe' system helps put a lid on sewage overflows

The city's sewer system combines stormwater and sewage, which has historically led to overflows into the Willamette River when hard rains come.

North Portland land meant for shelter site likely contaminated

A plot of land along the Columbia Slough could soon be used to house nearly 200 homeless people, but state regulators have previously found evidence of toxins.

Rainstorms in Portland prompt rare overflow of diluted sewage into Willamette River

Sewage overflows into Willamette River as atmospheric river hammers Pacific Northwest

After an atmospheric river brought heavy rain to the Pacific Northwest, a stream of stormwater and sewage overflowed into the Willamette River after Portland's Big Pipe system reached capacity, the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services announced Wednesday.

North Portland lot to be site of new mass shelter for RVs, campers