Is new groundwater law too diluted to be effective?

Is new groundwater law too diluted to be effective?

Environmental groups say Oregon’s new groundwater law, meant to curb pollution, has been diluted to the point they can no longer support it. Industrial agriculture has contaminated parts of Eastern Oregon’s groundwater with nitrates from fertilizers and manure, putting residents, many of whom rely on wells for drinking water, at risk. Kaleb Lay, director of policy and research for the group Oregon...