Making excellent water even better

For almost 100 years, the City of Portland has treated Bull Run River water to make sure it’s safe to drink. 

Water treatment adapts to changes in science, technology, and water quality, and the City of Portland continues to adapt. By 2027, the Water Bureau will build a filtration plant to remove microbes, sediment, and organic material from Bull Run water. 

Portland's City Council voted to build a filtration plant in 2017, after the Water Bureau found small amounts of a microbe called Cryptosporidium in routine water tests. Filtration will remove Cryptosporidium, and will have other benefits, too: Filtration will improve water quality throughout the system, and make Bull Run water more reliable by removing sediment that can wash into the reservoirs. 

Please follow along as we work to keep Portland's water safe for generations to come.

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