Monday, November 17, 2008

City of the Day - Beaverton, OR

Beaverton is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, seven miles west of Portland in the Tualatin River Valley. As of 2007, its population is estimated to be 86,750, almost 14% more than the 2000 census figure of 76,129. This makes it the second-largest city in the county and Oregon's sixth-largest city.

You can view tap water companies here.

Water News

An Environmental Working Group analysis of tap water tests from 2002 through 2003 shows that customers of City of Beaverton Water drank water containing up to 1 pollutants, including one unregulated contaminant. City of Beaverton Water is one of 65,000 water suppliers across the country wrestling with treating water polluted by sprawl, sewage, factory farms, and industry.

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