We all deserve to trust that our water is safe to drink, but Lower Umatilla Basin locals have been forced to live without safe drinking water for decades.

We all deserve to trust that our water is safe to drink, but Lower Umatilla Basin locals have been forced to live without safe drinking water for decades.

A federal denied motions to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the Port of Morrow, a power company, and agricultural businesses of polluting the groundwater in Eastern Oregon's Lower Umatilla Basin.

Judge Michael Simon said plaintiffs had plausibly alleged damages to the water table in Morrow and Umatilla counties impacting many residents.

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We talk with Kaleb Lay from Oregon Rural Action about how people living in a rural Oregon “sacrifice zone” end up with poisoned well water, and a widening wealth gap. We explore environmentalist claim...

Pollution from industrialized agriculture, confined animal feeding operations, and processed food factories, has caused a decades-long public health crisis in the Lower Umatilla Basin. More recently t...

Nearly one-fifth of Americans relied on drinking water systems with elevated and potentially dangerous levels of nitrate in recent years, according to a new study released Thursday. The nonprofit Environmental Working Group examined test data collected by water systems across the country between 2021 and 2023, the most recent data available.

The tech giant has denied allegations that it contributed to contaminated groundwater in Morrow County impacting well users.

Morrow County is in the midst of a water emergency after extremely high levels of nitrates were found in well water used by community members.

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Data centers have proliferated across Oregon over the last 15 years, but their water usage is creating additional problems for communities already struggling with contamination.

The latest episode of the podcast covers topics east of the Cascades.

Reused wastewater is at the center of residents’ latest complaint against industry giants

Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.

Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.

Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.

Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.

In 2023, officials found PFAS in the water supply in Hermiston, the largest city in Eastern Oregon. Two years later, officials have no plans to take immediate action.

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PFAS turning up in Oregon cities remain unregulated by federal clean water laws.

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