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The Portland Water Bureau is the municipal water department for the city of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its service district includes 225 miles within the Portland metropolitan area. [ 3 ] The bureau manages a water supply that comes mainly from the Bull Run River in the foothills of the Cascade Range east of the city and secondarily ...
The Portland Charter was the subject of much debate circa 1911–1912. Rival charters were drafted by four different groups, including the "official charter committee," appointed by the mayor; the "people's charter committee," constituted under the auspices of the East Side Business Men's Club; another citizen's committee which drafted the Short Charter; and the "people's committee," led by W ...
The Portland Charter was the subject of much debate circa 1911–1912. Rival charters were drafted by four different groups. One of these proposed charters was unusual in that it would have used Bucklin voting to elect the mayor and implemented interactive representation of the people through the commissioner system; each commissioner's vote would have been weighted according to the number of ...
The city of Portland, Oregon, is known for having a large number of man-made reservoirs. Portland's reservoirs provide storage for drinking water from the Bull Run River. Portland is currently in the process of covering some of these reservoirs for continued use due to health concerns, but plans to keep most of them uncovered for their historic ...
The Portland Water Bureau owns and maintains the park, established in the early 20th century. [64] Originally called Bull Run Park, it was renamed for Frank Dodge, superintendent of the water bureau from 1897 to 1914. [n 3] Until supplanted by automobile highways, the electric trolley to Bull Run carried passengers to and from the park until 1930.
The United States National Water and Climate Center collects and disseminates water resources and climate data. [1] It is part of the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The offices are located in Portland, Oregon, near Lloyd Center. [2] Services include:
In 1880, James W. Shaver went into the steamboat business with two partners, Henry W. Corbett and A.S. Foster, both prominent members of the early business establishment in Portland, Oregon. They bought out Captain Edward Bureau and began doing business as the People's Freighting Company. Their first vessel was the steamboat Manzanillo, which ...
The City of Portland paid $119,000 per month for SoloPower's default on a loan the City guaranteed under Mayor Sam Adams in 2011. The payments continued until October, 2020. [46] The money is taken out of Portland's Bureau of Transportation. [47] [48] The Bureau of Transportation pays because parking-meter revenue was used as guaranty. [49]