Water Conservation

Portland's abundant precipitation generally falls during the spring, fall, and winter when we're not watering our lawns, washing our cars outside and/or drinking lots of water on hot days.

During the dry summer months, the city augments its Bull Run supply with water from the city's groundwater source. And just when we have less water available in the Bull Run - we start to water our lawns and gardens and wash our cars.

Luckily, there are many simple changes customers can make in their water use habits to reduce their overall usage. Find out what you can do!