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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
August 10, 2006
In the early 1920s, Bend residents were outraged over the taste and quality of their drinking water, said Patrick Griffiths, water program specialist for the city of Bend.
The water came from the Deschutes River, which also provided irrigation water for surrounding agricultural land and served....