On Wednesday August 2, the Portland City Council met a public health requirement by selecting filtration to treat for Cryptosporidium. CUB supported this decision due to the significant system resiliency benefits of filtration over UV treatment. CUB takes our cue... Read More »

CUB anticipated the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) revoking the Portland Water Bureau’s Cryptosporidium treatment variance because our monitoring of sampling results indicated that the allowed annual Crypto level was exceeded. 

Indeed, we testified at the May 18 utility rate hearing on the... Read More »

CUB supports a Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) biogas project, approved by Portland City Council in April, which has air quality, climate change, and economic benefits. This is a BES project because it uses methane produced by the biodigesters, a... Read More »

On February 16, 2017, CUB blogged about Cryptosporidium, a tiny parasite that can cause gastrointestinal distress, and the switch from Bull Run water to its backup groundwater wells.

The Portland Water Bureau (PWB) has a water treatment variance from the Oregon... Read More »

On Wednesday March 1, 2017, the Portland City Council discussed a treatment pilot to determine the best options for improving the level of corrosion control to reduce the potential for lead to leach from indoor plumbing fixtures into a building’s drinking... Read More »

Cryptosporidium is a tiny parasitic organism that can cause temporary gastrointestinal distress called Crypotosporidiosis. The primary causes are drinking water contaminated with excrement from an animal infested with Cryptosporidium or oral contact with feces from a contaminated person.

Multnomah County’s Health... Read More »