by Shannon Pepper | Aug 29, 2025 | Risk and Resiliency to Climate Hazards, Source Water Protection
Clackamas River, Oregon, after the devastating Riverside Fire in 2020. Photo credit: Oregon Department of Transportation As drought stresses forests across the U.S. West and South, the number of acres burned by wildfires is increasing every year. Wildfires pose a...
by Shannon Pepper | Jul 21, 2022 | Communications and Outreach, Source Water Protection
Contaminants in a river might result in a simple fix: find the discharge, locate the leak, fix or replace the pipe. However, pollutants in the water can also be an indicator of a much more complex problem. For example, fecal coliform can come from many sources...
