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Study: Millions Of Americans Could Be Drinking Water High In Nitrates

By Courtney Flatt January 23, 2019

Martin Yanez and his sister Rosalinda Elsa Pina live in the Yakima Valley, near a large dairy. Their well water has high levels of nitrates, which can cause health problems. In the winter Elsa Pina uses extra gallons of water to make caldos, or stews. Boiling water with high levels of nitrates actually concentrates the contamination. CREDIT: ESMY JIMENEZ/NWPB

More people than expected are drinking water that could be harmful to their health. That’s according to a new study that looked at a water contaminate that’s been an issue in one of the Northwest’s most productive farming regions.Read More

Vancouver Fined $60,000 For 2017 Columbia River Sewage Spills

By Molly Solomon January 6, 2019

Allies and members of Yakama Nation hold a rally at the Vancouver Landing Amphitheater along the Columbia River. CREDIT: ERICKA CRUZ GUEVARRA/OPB

The city of Vancouver has been fined $60,000 after raw sewage was accidentally released into the Columbia River in 2017. The discharged sewage from Vancouver’s Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant happened during two separate spills in September and October of 2017Read More

Sewage Seeps In Washington Town Desperate For State Funds

By Austin Jenkins July 20, 2017

The sewage system in Carbonado, Washington, is leaking. STEVEN PAVLOV / WIKIMEDIA – TINYURL.COM/YBZAMJ78 Listen The sewage system is crumbling in Carbonado, Washington, near Mt. Rainier. And if Washington lawmakers […]Read More