Ecology Sampling Lower Valley Water Starting in July
It s been in the news for years elevated concentrations of nitrate found in drinking water in some areas of the lower Yakima Valley. The State Department of ecology has been working with residents and the county to find out what s causing the increased nitrate and to find a solution. The work continues Today. Now officials are hoping to gain more information about the condition of aquifers that provide the drinking water for some 56,000 people who live in the lower Yakima Valley. In an effort to find the answer ecology officials are offering free sampling to those with private drinking water wells in the Lower Yakima Valley Groundwater Management Area during a long-term monitoring program. A press release from the Washington State Department of Ecology says