If you were planning on taking a dip in the Willamette River in Portland today, make new plans. The “Big Pipe” – “Big Pipes,” ...

Portland's Big Pipe reached capacity due to heavy rain, resulting in a Combined Sewer Overflow advisory for the Willamette ...

Portland's combined sewer overflow advisory is still in place for the Willamette River, as the city's Big Pipe system lowers ...

Portland’s Big Pipe hit 100% capacity at about 6:26 a.m. Thursday. That does not mean the system failed. It means the city’s giant underground overflow tunnels filled up during heavy rain, leaving no ...

Portland’s Big Pipe system reached 100% capacity Thursday morning.

A combined sewer overflow is occurring, and a mix of sewage and storm water is dumping into the Willamette River.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The algae bloom forming around Ross Island Lagoon in the Willamette River on Monday morning. (Photo courtesy of Eagle Eye ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Dozens spent the morning picking berries on Ross Island in the Willamette River - an activity locals say they could lose if the toxic algae that blooms in the river each year ...

People should avoid contact with the Willamette River downstream of Ross Island Bridge, officials said, after the city issued a combined sewer overflow advisory.

The algae bloom forming around Ross Island Lagoon in the Willamette River on Monday morning. (Photo courtesy of Eagle Eye Droneography) The thick, green layer of toxin-producing algae currently ...

The bill would have provided $1 million in state funds to design a channel that could restore the Willamette River’s flow and stop the toxic algae blooms from forming. The thick, green layer of ...