Articles written by Mark Yinger

Mark Yinger|Updated Dec 8, 2021

There have been several letters to the editor concerning water wells in the area that have had to be deepened due to declining groundwater levels. If one is interested in looking into the issue the Oregon Dept. of Water Resources (OWRD) website has a lot of information. Here is the address to their water well mapping tool: https://apps.wrd.state.or.us/apps/gw/wl_well_report_map/Default.aspx. It can be used to plot the location of deepened wells on a map and also display a host of information specific to each well, including... Full story