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Portland Water Bureau — Programs for Schools

The Portland Water Bureau offers full-day Bull Run Watershed field trips for grades 3-12, where students test water quality and tour a 1929 dam, plus classroom visits on water quality, pressure, conservation, and fish. A self-paced Water Home School option supports distance learning about Portland's two drinking water sources.

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What you will find there

  • Full-day Bull Run Watershed field trips for grades 3-12, testing water quality and touring a 1929 dam
  • Classroom visits covering water quality, water pressure, conservation, and fish, offered free on a limited basis
  • Water Home School, self-paced distance-learning activities on Portland's two drinking water sources
  • Direct contact with the bureau's Water Resources Education team to arrange a custom classroom request

Our take

The field trip lets students see a working 1929 dam in person, and pairing the tour with water-quality testing gives them hands-on work to do during the visit. Programs are offered "on a limited basis," so classroom visits and field trips should be requested well ahead, and capacity is not guaranteed.

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