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Wilsonville now takes its drinking water from the Willamette.  CocaCola and Dasani Water use this water in their bottled products.  What are the safety issues here?

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Wildlife uses the island at all times.  Erosion from wakes is a problem addressed by the no-wake zone.

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He only spoke of the river's edge and floodplain.  There are several thousand square miles. that drain into the Willamette.  Land use on all the Willamette basin affects the river.  It is not just what happens in the river and on its edges.

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How does the health of the Willamette relate to the land that drains into it?  What development practices should we do on the land and around the small tributary streams to improve the health of the mainstem Willamette?

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