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Water is critical to life and is perhaps Central Oregon’s most important issue as populations grow and water resources become stretched.  The Source Weekly’s Brian Jennings reports on an issue that sheds light on this important matter (audio below) that is the focus on this week’s feature article at bendsource.com and the Source Weekly.

Photo:  Mike Tripp, Trout Unlimited
Photo:  Mike Tripp, Trout Unlimited

This article appears in Oct 5-12, 2016.

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C. Oregon’s Biggest Issue?

by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon
October 9, 2016

<h1>C. Oregon’s Biggest Issue?</h1> <p class="byline">by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 9, 2016</p> <p>Water is critical to life and is perhaps Central Oregon's most important issue as populations grow and water resources become stretched. &nbsp;The Source Weekly's Brian Jennings reports on an issue that sheds light on this important matter (audio below) that is the focus on this week's feature article at bendsource.com and the Source Weekly.</p> <p> Photo: &nbsp;Mike Tripp, Trout Unlimited<br /> Photo: &nbsp;Mike Tripp, Trout Unlimited</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/c-oregons-biggest-issue-2764811/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=19008&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/c-oregons-biggest-issue-2764811/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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