EPA administrator wants Oregon held accountable for contaminated water in Umatilla Basin

PORTLAND, Ore. – Over five nights in November, KGW’s The Story documented in its “Tainted Waters” series how a huge aquifer in eastern Oregon came to be polluted, a problem impacting northern Morrow and Umatilla counties. State officials have known about the problem for at least 30 years, and none of the steps they’ve taken have kept the contamination from getting worse.

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