Groundwater pollution isn't just an eastern Oregon problem
Following The Story's coverage of a tainted aquifer below the Umatilla Basin, a former DEQ official says anyone who relies on well water has reason to be worried.
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Following The Story's coverage of a tainted aquifer below the Umatilla Basin, a former DEQ official says anyone who relies on well water has reason to be worried.
Decades of commercial food production has polluted the groundwater that Umatilla Basin residents rely on. But momentum is finally building to fix the problem.
Officials with Umatilla and Morrow counties learned Tuesday, Oct. 10, that the counties will receive $1.7 million in federal aid to address nitrate contamination in private wells.
Oregon Governor Signs First Reform of Industrial Factory Farm Regulation in Decades
Seven residents with contaminated wells made the 200-mile cross-state trip to meet with lawmakers and raise awareness of the issue, led by Oregon Rural Action, a La Grande-based nonprofit that