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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Heavy rains over the weekend caused a rare combined sewer overflow (CSO) into the Willamette River as the Big Pipe system reached capacity around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday ...

That's all thanks to Portland's "Big Pipe" system. Built over 20 years, the Big Pipe radically changed water quality for the Willamette River when hard rains fall on Portland. Portland's first ...

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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 Willamette River.

For decades, Portland lived with a dirty little secret. The eco-friendly city, so proud of its bike paths and recycling bins, was a seething vortex of water pollution. With every storm, the ...

TO FIND OUT WHY THE SEWER PIPE COLLAPSED. >> THEY USED A THINNER WALL. THAT WAS ALLOWED. THAT WAS STANDARD. WE WILL BE REPLACING IT WITH A BIGGER PIPE THAT IS THICKER DIAMETER, SO IT WILL BE MUCH ...