Planner’s Notes

Bensen Bubblers are sprinkled all about downtown Portland.  Young, old and even dogs use them to quench their thirst.  Water flows freely from 6 am to 11 pm daily all year round.  The Bull Run watershed has been the city’s water source since 1895.  Almost 53% of the watershed is classified as ‘old growth’ and has never been logged.   Rain, not snowmelt, provides 90-95% of the water in the watershed, averaging 130 inches a year.  It’s 1 of only 2 untreated metropolitan water supplies in the country.  The water tastes great!