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drains from sewer lines, built separate storm sewers in some locations, diverted surface streams away from the combined sewers, and added sumps and other devices to control surges of stormwater. These relatively low-cost efforts reduced the stormwater entering the system by more than 2 billion US gallons (7.6
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that was 300 feet (91 m) long and had a cutting head that was 25 feet (7.6 m) in diameter. In addition to the tunnel and the pipe, the project involved building seven access shafts, connecting pipelines, and the
Portsmouth Forcemain, which carries sewage from the Swan Island Pump Station to
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system of pipes, sumps, drains, pumps, and other infrastructure that transports sewage and stormwater run-off to the city's
Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant. The East Side Big Pipe project, begun in 2006 and finished in 2011, was the largest of a 20-year series of projects designed to
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Costs associated with the CSO projects, which totaled about $ 1.4 billion, included $ 450 million for the East Side CSO Tunnel and $ 70 million for the
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Over the next 20 years, the city took a series of steps to reach its goals: a 99 percent reduction in CSOs into the
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Work on the East Side Big Pipe began in 2006 and was completed in late 2011. Its tunnel is almost 6 miles (9.7 km) long. It lies at an average of 150 feet (46 m) below the surface along the east bank of the
Willamette River from the intersection of Southeast 17th Avenue and McLoughlin
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From the mid-19th century until the mid-20th century, Portland's combined sewer system poured untreated sewage into the
Willamette River and the Columbia Slough. In 1952, the city built its first plant to treat wastewater, which included stormwater run-off as well as raw sewage. However, the
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