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Panther Creek @ Drinking Water Intake RM 1.3

Otis, Oregon, United States

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Sample Site is above major development at Drinking Water Intake for Panther Creek Waters system.

See Excerpt From Source Water Protection Study:

The drinking water for Panther Creek Water District is supplied by an intake on Panther Creek. This public water system serves approximately 550 citizens. The intake is located in the Salmon River/Siletz-Yaquina Bay Watershed in the Siletz-Yaquina Sub-Basin of the Northern Oregon Coastal Basin. Panther Creek Water District also uses a groundwater well. This Assessment addresses only the

surface water component of the drinking water supply and the groundwater supply will be addressed in a separate report.

The geographic area providing water to Panther Creek Water District’s intake (the drinking water protection area) extends upstream approximately 2.75 miles in a northerly direction and encompasses a total area of 1.74 square miles.

FMI: http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/dwp/docs/swasummary/pws00603.pdf

The description above was copied from or heavily based on Swim Guide, with permission.

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