A committee tasked with reducing groundwater pollution in Morrow and Umatilla counties is restructuring amid mounting concerns over hazardous nitrate contamination in local drinking water.
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
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
The Environmental Protection Agency's Region 10 Administrator Casey Sixkiller on Monday warned Oregon government agencies that federal authorities will take action if the state doesn’t quickly address nitrate contamination cleanup in Eastern Oregon.
More than 30 years after being recognized as a problem, nitrate contamination is still making well water unsafe to drink in Morrow and Umatilla counties.