Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Portland, Oregon

Tom McCall Waterfront Park was named after Governor Tom McCall who pledged his support to beautify Oregon State through increasing greenways along the river.

The park is used for jogging, walking, biking, skateboarding, fountain play, lunching, basketball, fireworks viewing, and boat watching. The park is also highly used by cyclists and pedestrian commuters during rush hours due to Naito Parkways lacks bike lanes and because the park is easily accessible to the downtown Portland. It is currently home to the Waterfront Blues Festival, Oregon Brewers Festival, Gay/Lesbian Pride Festival, The Bite of Oregon Festival and many Rose Festival events.

This site is sampled twice monthly from June 1 through October 1 and monthly from October 2- May 30

WATER QUALITY

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Special Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on September 30th, 2014. Willamette Riverkeeper updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on at

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CURRENT WEATHER

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Cloudy with a few clear breaks

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SOURCE INFORMATION

The Swim Guide will utilize the EPA standard for Oregon beaches.

There is currently very limited water quality monitoring of Oregon's inland swim beaches. The federal Beach Act does not cover freshwater or riverine beaches, and the state of Oregon does not monitor swim beaches or recreation sites on the Willamette River .

Willamette Riverkeeper monitors many major swim beaches along the length of the Willamette River system through their Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program. Sites are sampled twice monthly June through September. Between October and May, Beaches are sampled once per month.
In Portland, The Portland Boathouse Dock (adjacent to the Eastside Swim Bowl), Riverplace Marina Dock (adjacent to Tom McCall Bowl) and the Sellwood Park Dock are monitored by the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services Water Quality Division.

The Swim Guide's safety ratings are based solely on E.coli levels. While E.coli concentration is a useful indicator of fecal contamination, there are many other potential sources of pollution on the Willamette that are not reflected in the Swim Guide. These include other bacteria, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, high temperatures and pesticides.

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