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 »

All indications are that there will not be a homeless shelter at the Terminal 1 site after all. Here is a quick recap of this issue and an update.

Terminal 1 is a warehouse in industrial Northwest Portland along the Willamette... Read More »

The 2016 Ecoroof Symposium, held at Portland State University on October 2-3, brought an international flare along with research and policy discussions featuring many Oregonians.

The keynote speaker was Dusty Gedge, founder of livingroofs.org and head of the European Federation of... Read More »

On Wednesday August 10, 2016, by a 3 to 2 vote, the Portland City Council approved a lease to use the Terminal 1 site as a homeless shelter for up to 18 months and took steps to develop a longer... Read More »

Mountain snowpack is of particular importance here in Oregon, where it makes up a large percentage of our water storage compared to other states. In fact, in most western river basins snowpack is a larger component of water storage than... Read More »