PORTLAND, Ore. — When a city the size of Portland gets soaked with rain like it has for the past week, there's a concern that often lurks under the surface of the flooding and slide risks: sewage. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – As a strong atmospheric river makes its way through the Pacific Northwest, residents have braced themselves for flooding, downed trees, and power outages. Now add sewage to the ...

An expert shares several methods for cleaning bathroom sink drains, tips on how to avoid a clogged bathroom sink, and what not to do when cleaning your bathroom sink drain.

Water drainage is misunderstood by many homeowners, builders, YouTube personalities and building inspectors, if my email in-box is any indicator. I’ve lost count of the thousands of drainage help ...

Sinks can become a catch-all dumping ground for waste in the kitchen and bathroom, but they shouldn't be. Many of the things ...

Water watchers know: Sometimes, you can’t swim in the Willamette River. That’s because when the wastewater system gets inundated with water, it overflows, sending raw sewage into the river that ...

There’s nothing worse than taking a shower and having the water pool at your ankles because of a blocked drain. While a plunger may be an effective cleaning gadget for your toilet, it’s not as ...

When it comes to the drains in your kitchen and bathroom, you don't want to risk pouring something down them that might affect or clog the pipes. Fixing a clogged or broken drain is not something you ...

OROVILLE — City crews are hoping to get the two 48-inch drainage pipes at the corner of Bridge Street and Mitchell Avenue that failed in the Feb. 4 storm replaced by Wednesday when the next big storm ...