“NE Oregon residents eligible for water testing, treatment vouchers”

By George Plaven | Capital Press | March 27, 2023

“The Oregon Health Authority is providing vouchers for residents of Morrow and Umatilla counties to test their private wells for nitrate contamination.

Applications for vouchers will be accepted through May 15, and expire June 7.

The program comes amid concerns of dangerously high levels of groundwater nitrates in the region, with some wells testing four to six times higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s safe drinking water limit.”

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