“Convincing the Public Drinking Water is Safe” (PWB)👉even as it wasn’t | Officials blaming🚰 customers for the Utility’s lead crises = willful misconduct: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/01/08/oregon-wants-quick-fix-to-high-lead-levels-in-portlands-waterhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3ml2sseui222u“It was a catastrophic failure by govt for the Flint ppl…most disturbingly, their complaints were dismissed.” “One of the biggest lessons…is for govt leaders to listen to constituents; in Flint that didn’t happen.” In Portland, we too were dismissed, blamed+bullied. https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2026/05/10-years-ago-obama-visited-flint-and-drank-the-water-heres-the-devastating-timeline-that-led-to-that-moment.html04 May 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2sseui222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mknrqq6elc2pExactly, @counciloravalos.bsky.social !29 Apr 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknrqq6elc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mjhktjfils2p👍NYC: “..before they become main breaks!” Preventive maintenance = ratepayer $ 👎PDX: “Main break season!” i.e. Deferred maintenance = $$$$$$ @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilorclark.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilorclark.bsky.social @council loretta smith [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhktjfils2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3md3vakwgac2y“…overspending by city bureaus” [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jan 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3vakwgac2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mfba6r45rs27It started at $350 Million...PWB is raising our 🚰water bills AGAIN with no end in sight. now $2.58 Billion❗ A ridiculous amount from PWB missteps (they won't tell us about) A ridiculous location (rural, prime agricultural, and forested land, NOT industrial). https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2026/02/portland-water-treatment-plant-costs-climb-past-25-billion-project-completion-faces-2-year-delay.html20 Feb 2026 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfba6r45rs27https://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mja2sczbms2aAnd another PWB shameless PR blitz begins…! Ironically, PWB’s (covered up) lead crises have risked/impacted public health for decades.11 Apr 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mja2sczbms2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mj7zujggzc2a…but Portland Water Bureau somehow can afford ever-ballooning treatment plant costs?11 Apr 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7zujggzc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mimjivxw2c2l“Oregonians and Oregon businesses — the ones who will foot the bill for this project — will suffer the consequences: 👉“Rising water bills, fewer local farms and nurseries, and a damaged ecosystem,” - @1000oregon.bsky.social https://www.instagram.com/p/DWm8J_gGEWo/?igsh=MWlxZG9kZGp6ODM0eA==03 Apr 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimjivxw2c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mielvx2tvk22🙏🏼 @councilorgreen.bsky.social, for calling bs on PMC/aka PBA PMC’s “cya” statement is like GOP’s response to Obamacare:31 Mar 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mielvx2tvk22https://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mi7udaouxk2rhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DWcarkzSgr3/?igsh=MXJhOXlvMWhtb2drMA==29 Mar 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7udaouxk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mhy263ywc22uicymi (since PWB omits this)… Lead is cumulative in the body. “Nobody should be drinking lead in their water for this long,” said Elin Betanzo, an engineer26 Mar 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhy263ywc22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mhli3j54522gThis. Started: 2017: $350 - $500 million (maximum) is how PWB Cmmr Nick Fish sold filtration to Portland Utility Board (PUB)/Council 2024: $2.13 Billion “This is just a shell game by the Water Bureau.” - the late Bob Sallinger, PUB & @birdallianceoregon.bsky.social ceo Going: 2026: $2.58 BILLION [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Mar 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhli3j54522ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mhhesz2kpc25“I helped uncover the Flint water crisis, and we had more than enough data there to prove that the water wasn’t safe, but the authorities still dismissed us.” - Elin Betanzo, drinking water expert, Safe Water Engineering, LLC, former member of the EPA's National Drinking Water Advisory Council 👀:20 Mar 2026 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhhesz2kpc25https://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mh4mfteqg222👀 “Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, a socialist who promised to raise ‘progressive revenue,’ drew sustained applause from a roomful of business executives ..by acknowledging that Seattle’s tax code puts the city at a competitive disadvantage.” https://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-business/slow-downtown-recovery-testing-seattles-pragmatic-progressives/15 Mar 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4mfteqg222https://bsky.app/profile/thepplswater.bsky.social/post/3mh2ew4vkq22oNEW 6:30a 3/14/26: ~6 PDX blocks impacted~ EPA states💧main breaks cause contaminated🚰 water. PWB calls this “discolored events”. But a NEW $2.58B rural water treatment plant is “sexier” (PWB) than maintaining City infrastructure or distributing free water filters amid (preventable) main breaks.14 Mar 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:2ti6jsw5e2vewdbmfm2mkrip/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh2ew4vkq22o