State Says Landfill in Tualatin River Basin Degrading Groundwater
Scott Learn, The Oregonian
Water seeping from the Lakeside Reclamation Landfill in Washington County has "significantly degraded" groundwater and threatens to further impair the Tualatin River's already sub-standard water quality, Oregon environmental regulators say.
Shallow groundwater under the unlined construction debris landfill, perched next to the Tualatin River and a national wildlife refuge, is "a potential hot spot of contamination," Henning Larsen, a hydrogeologist with the Department of Environmental Quality, said in a letter last month to Lakeside owner Howard Grabhorn.
