Bull Run Watershed
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Officials Have About 10 Years To Complete Bull Run Water Filtration Plant
State and Portland city officials have almost 10 years to build and start operating a water filtration plant in the Bull Run Watershed.
Wildfire
Why The Eagle Creek Fire Is A Major Threat To Portland's Drinking Water
Of all the resources threatened by the Eagle Creek Fire, the Bull Run watershed may be the most critical. It's the drinking water source for about 1-in-4 Oregonians, and it's uniquely vulnerable to a fire.
science environment
Portland Switches To Its Backup Water Supply: What You Should Know
The Portland Water Bureau is taking its Bull Run water supply offline while it studies a parasite that’s been repeatedly detected, in very small amounts, in the water.
Oregon Field Guide
Bull Run Quake Science
New research aims to find out how destructive a Cascadia earthquake would be for Portland's water supply.
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