DRINKING WATER SOURCE PROTECTION

WELLS (From the Department of Environmental Protection’s Oregon Drinking Water Protection Program website)
Questions about regulations, water quality and testing:

• For public water supplies:   OHA Drinking Water Program, Portland: 971-673-0405
• For private well construction, maintenance and abandonment:    

            Oregon Department of Water Resource, Salem: 503-986-0851
            http://www.oregon.gov/owrd/Pages/gw/index.aspx

• For private well water quality and testing:

            Oregon State University Extension Service website, or contact OHA’s Drinking Water Program at 971-673-0405

Questions about protecting a well or surface water intake from contamination:
For private wells:

• Oregon State University Extension Service website, or contact OHA’s Drinking Water Program at 971-673-0405

 For public water supplies:       

• Sheree Stewart at DEQ, 503-229- 5413; or Tom Pattee at OHA, 541-726-2587, x24

You can also visit their website at http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/dwp/dwp.htm
More good information available available here:  http://www.wellowner.org