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Portland’s Big Pipe surges to 100% capacity amidst record-breaking rains

Portland's Big Pipe, which is used to prevent combined sewer overflows, shot up to 100% capacity over the last day as rain ...

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 ...

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,” ...

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 ...

Is the crappy situation over? Portland's Big Pipe capacity lowers after heaviest rainfall of year

Portland's combined sewer overflow advisory is still in place for the Willamette River, as the city's Big Pipe system lowers ...

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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Portland's wastewater system was a crapshoot. Then the 'Big Pipe' came along

PORTLAND, Ore. — When a city the size of Portland gets soaked with rain like it has for the past week, there's a concern that often lurks under the surface of the flooding and slide risks: sewage. The ...

Portland's Big Pipe 97% full after just 12 hours of rain

Portlanders are keeping a close eye on the Big Pipe stormwater runoff system, with the recent rainfall already pushing it ...