Who needs bottled water when weve got it straight from Mount Hood?
” Thanks, Gary for your shout-out to the world’s best drinking water! We love it too but admittedly, we’re a bit partial, so it’s nice to get a nod from someone who doesn’t work here! Keep on drinking your three gallons per day! That’s great for your body and health. One important thing to note is that Portland’s tap water actually comes from the Bull Run watershed, not Mt. Hood. And though the watershed is located within the Mt. Hood National Forest, your drinking water originates from the Bull Run River, not from Mt. Hood glacial melt, like many people mistakenly think. A ridge seperates Bull Run from Mt. Hood, and in fact, glacial melt cannot even reach the Bull Run River. The watershed’s elevations range between 750 and 4,700 feet above sea level. Because the watershed is at a relatively low elevation, rain, not summer snowmelt, provides 90-95% of its water. Bull Run receives, on average, 130 inches of rain per year! Any way you look at it, from forest (Bull Run watershed forest, t
