Author: Yvette Finstad

  • It’s Time for a Sprinkler Spruce Up!

    It’s Time for a Sprinkler Spruce Up!

    The weather has been wet enough lately to eliminate the need for routine watering (we recommend spot watering as necessary), but it’s a great time to check your irrigation system ahead of the watering season, to look for damage and other issues that can waste a lot of water. Are all of the sprinkler heads…

  • 2025 Water Quality Analyses Report Available

    2025 Water Quality Analyses Report Available

    To view our other water quality reports, go to our Water Quality Reports page.

  • 2024 Water Quality Analyses Report Available

    2024 Water Quality Analyses Report Available

    Providing safe, high quality drinking water is Medford Water’s top priority. To ensure this objective, a comprehensive water quality program has been developed. In addition to water treatment, monitoring the quality of the water supply is performed on a regular basis, including testing of the raw source water, the treated water in the distribution network,…

  • National Prescription Drug Take Back Day – Saturday, April 26th, 2025

    National Prescription Drug Take Back Day – Saturday, April 26th, 2025

    Keep them safe.Clean them out.Take them back. Improper disposal of unused medications is a major threat to water quality. Medications that are flushed down the toilet or thrown in the trash can make its way to our rivers and harm aquatic life and our community. It can also lead to accidental poisoning, misuse, and overdose. …

  • Prescription Drug Take Back Day – May 2nd, 2026

    Prescription Drug Take Back Day – May 2nd, 2026

    Keep them safe.Clean them out.Take them back. The improper disposal of unused medications is a major threat to water quality. Medications that are flushed down the toilet or thrown in the trash can make their way to our drinking water sources and harm aquatic life and our community. It can also lead to accidental poisoning,…

  • Prescription Drug Take Back Event – Saturday, November 15, 2025

    Prescription Drug Take Back Event – Saturday, November 15, 2025

    Help us avoid contamination of our waterways and keep our community safer and healthier. On November 15, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., we encourage you to bring your unused or unwanted medications to the City of Medford’s Drug Take Back Event at the Medford City Hall parking lot, safely and anonymously. Saturday, November 15,…

  • April 22nd is Earth Day

    April 22nd is Earth Day

    April 22nd is Earth Day, a day to educate and advocate for our planet; this year’s theme is Our Power, Our Planet. We are fortunate enough to have access to reliable, high-quality drinking water in the Rogue Valley, though while having water readily available at the tap may make it seem like there is an abundance of…

  • Mayor Zarosinski Proclaims April Water Conservation Month

    Mayor Zarosinski Proclaims April Water Conservation Month

    Here in the Rogue Valley, we are fortunate enough to have access to reliable, high-quality drinking water—just by turning on the tap. We wake up in the morning, take a shower, brush our teeth, grab a cup of coffee, and head out for the day. While having water readily available at the tap may make it seem like…

  • Join Us for the 2025 Spring Garden Fair – May 3rd & 4th, 2025

    Join Us for the 2025 Spring Garden Fair – May 3rd & 4th, 2025

    Join us May 3rd and May 4th, 2025, for the 2025 Spring Garden Fair, sponsored by the Jackson County Master Gardener™ Association. We’ll be there with water efficiency information, tips for your sprinkler system and other common sources of water waste, and freebies! Saturday, May 3rd, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, May…

  • Dispose of Your Hazardous Waste Properly and Help Protect Our Water Resources – May 2, 2026

    Dispose of Your Hazardous Waste Properly and Help Protect Our Water Resources – May 2, 2026

    Calling all household cleaning supplies, paint removers, and garden chemicals! Rogue Disposal & Recycling’s annual Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Day will be held Saturday, May 2nd, 2026. This is your chance to safely dispose of your household toxins and keep them out of our water sources; everything from drain cleaner and weed killer, to bleach, household batteries, and…