Water

Environmental groups are asking a court to reverse a permit for a proposed renewable diesel refinery in Columbia County, over concerns it could pollute the Columbia River and disrupt working farms.

The analysis focuses on vulnerable communities facing systemic barriers to clean water and water privatization in America.

A major earth-moving project is underway along the McKenzie Highway east of Eugene-Springfield. The work is meant to restore the McKenzie River to its more meandering character to improve wildlife habitat and water quality.

Portland City Council approved a more than 6% water and sewer rate increase.

For decades, waste carrying nitrates from large livestock farms, food processing facilities and irrigated farms has seeped through the Lower Umatilla Basin’s soil and into the groundwater below.

Senate Bill 1154 centralizes the state’s response to groundwater pollution, but hundreds of private well owners oppose it.

The fraud scheme targeted about $7 million in city of Portland funds that were allocated for the Bull Run water filtration project.

With federal money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency now uncertain, Grants Pass, Medford and Port Orford officials are all facing potential budget shortfalls for water systems projects.

Water managers in the Klamath Basin say, for the first time since 2019, there will be enough water to meet everyone’s demands this year.

A Senate plan for new borrowing to pay for the tear-out and replacement of pipes and other fish barriers ran into opposition from local governments and the governor.