The Big Pipe Project, completed in 2011, was a $1.4 billion initiative aimed at reducing CSOs. Since its completion, the number of overflows has decreased by 94 percent to the Willamette River and ...

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The Big Pipe itself was built in three sections. First up was a colossal conduit rimming the Columbia Slough. Next came the titanic tube running beneath the west bank of the Willamette and ...

Heavy rains over the weekend caused a rare combined sewer overflow (CSO) into the Willamette River as the Big Pipe system ...

The "Big Pipes," which keep sewage and stormwater from overflowing into the Willamette River, reached 97% capacity early in the morning on Dec. 26.

The "Big Pipes," which keep sewage and stormwater from overflowing into the Willamette River, reached 97% capacity early in the morning on Dec. 26.