State of the McKenzie Watershed
Millions of dollars of investment have prevented the major harm from the Holiday Farm Fire, EWEB’s annual State of the Watershed Report finds.
EWEB employs multiple methods of safeguarding drinking water, from the source to the tap.
Old reservoir leaks, threatening water quality, and will fail when a major earthquake strikes.
Crews are identifying and addressing equipment failures before wildfire season and doing so mitigates risk of fire ignition.
EWEB customers use more than twice as much water in the hot, dry summer months, compared to the cold, rainy winter months. The higher summer water use can almost assuredly be attributed to customers watering their lawns and gardens.