Update to Oregon law to clean up contaminated groundwater draws fierce opposition

Update to Oregon law to clean up contaminated groundwater draws fierce opposition

Gov. Tina Kotek’s proposal to give state agencies more authority to intervene earlier in Oregon’s contaminated groundwater areas met massive opposition at its first public hearing.Two rooms and two separate hearings were scheduled Tuesday to accommodate all of the people who went to the Capitol to offer testimony on Senate Bill 1154 during a meeting of the Senate Natural Resources and Wildfire Committee. The bill was sent to the Senate Rules Com…

Opposition packs hearing on Oregon Gov. Kotek proposal to update critical groundwater area protections

More than 500 letters of testimony were submitted in opposition to Senate Bill 1154, largely from people who fear it will let state agencies take their well water.

Vermonters asked to report yearly large groundwater withdrawals

MONTPELIER — Each year, the Department of Environmental Conservation asks groundwater users who withdraw more than 20,000 gallons per day to report annual usage to the Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division (DWGPD). Groundwater users who withdraw more than 57,600…

Opposition packs hearing on Gov. Kotek proposal to update critical groundwater area protections

Gov. Tina Kotek’s proposal to give state agencies more authority to intervene earlier in Oregon’s contaminated groundwater areas met massive opposition at its first public hearing. Two rooms and two separate hearings were scheduled Tuesday to accommodate all of the…

Oregon Governor's Proposal on Groundwater Protections Faces Public Opposition - The Ashland Chronicle-Oregon

Opposition packs hearing on Gov. Kotek proposal to update critical groundwater area protections More than 500 letters of testimony were submitted in opposition to Senate Bill 1154, largely from people who fear it will let state agencies take their well water BY: ALEX BAUMHARDT – APRIL 9, 2025   Gov. Tina Kotek on May 3, 2023 at the home of Ana Maria Rodriguez, a Boardman resident and Oregon Rural Action organizer, whose well water has nearly f…

Opposition packs hearing on Gov. Kotek proposal to update critical groundwater area protections - Salem Reporter

Gov. Tina Kotek’s proposal to give state agencies more authority to intervene earlier in Oregon’s contaminated groundwater areas met massive opposition at its first public hearing. Two rooms and two separate hearings were scheduled Tuesday to accommodate all of the people who went to the Capitol to offer testimony on Senate Bill 1154 during a meeting of the Senate Natural Resources and Wildfire Committee. The bill was sent to the Senate Rules Co…