Here, the Willamette River is at its worst.
Human waste flows in as the city sewage system overflows.
High levels of mercury, dioxins, pesticides, lead, PCBs, DDT, chromium and arsenic have earned the river a dubious honor as a Superfund cleanup site. This part of the Willamette is the site of a disturbing image. Scientists have found deformed fish here. They can't figure out what causes the deformities. Corvallis pulls its drinking water from the Willamette, replacing it with more pollutants and waste.