PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority and partner organizations are mailing more drinking water test strips to Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area (LUBGWMA) households and urging them ...

Serious water contaminants such as nitrate may not have any detectable taste or odor. Willie B. Thomas/Digital Vision via Getty Images About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their ...

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Report indicates that of 23 million U.S. households dependent upon private wells for drinking water, some 40% could be at significant health risk due to lax testing behaviors In an article published ...

TIFFIN - Seldom is water quality so visible as when Bill Waldie sticks a test strip into a bucket of water from Clear Creek and watches the paper turn shades of pink as it detects nitrate. He takes a ...

A billboard near Avoca in southwest Iowa encourages Iowans to monitor their water for nitrate. (Nishnabotna Water Defenders via Iowa Capital Dispatch) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of ...

Two months after her return visit to the Lower Umatilla Basin, Gov. Tina Kotek has released goals on how the state can better help residents hurt by the ongoing nitrates crisis. Kotek detailed her new ...

People living in the Lower Yakima Valley Groundwater Management Area may be eligible to receive free groundwater nitrate testing, bottled water, and installation of an in-home filtration system, if ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on ...

About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their primary drinking water source. These homeowners are entirely responsible for ensuring that the water from their wells is safe for ...