PORTLAND, Ore. - City Commissioner Randy Leonard has big plans to sell Portland Loos to other cities and use the profits to build more of them for Portlanders.
The city owns the patent to the Portland Loo and already has sold one...
The group, Citizens for Water Accountability, Trust and Reform wants the city to stop charging customers for projects they say are unrelated to water or sewer services.
City officials spun the problems as an opportunity - not a failure. It gave them a chance, said David Shaff, the Portland Water Bureau director, to assess the loo's performance and make the necessary changes.
City of Portland officials on Monday celebrated the first flush on a new public toilet installed in Old Town. They also unveiled plans to patent the design for the "Portland Loo" and sell the toilets around the world.