Bend sifts its options in $71M water update

Several plans have been proposed to modernize how we take water from Bridge Creek, and city officials say it's time to move forward

By Erin Golden / The Bulletin
September 12, 2009

In a few years, Bend's water system could look very different.

Instead of decades-old pipelines and a water supply that's vulnerable to wildfire debris and unwanted parasites, the city could have a new, larger, pipeline, a state-of-the-art treatment system and a hydropower facility that could....

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