Bensen Bubblers are sprinkled all about downtown Portland. Young, old and even dogs use them to quench their thirst. Water flows freely from 6 am to 11 pm daily all year round. The Bull Run watershed has been the city’s water source since 1895. Almost 53% of the watershed is classified as ‘old growth’ and has never been logged. Rain, not snowmelt, provides 90-95% of the water in the watershed, averaging 130 inches a year. It’s 1 of only 2 untreated metropolitan water supplies in the country. The water tastes great!