For years, state regulators have been monitoring harmful levels of nitrates found in many residential wells throughout the Lower Umatilla Basin in northern Morrow and Umatilla counties. The problem has only gotten worse. The Story's Pat Dooris recently sat down with the director of Oregon's DEQ to talk about what the agency is doing about it. Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/tainted-water-oregon-deq-umatilla-basin-contaminated-well-nitrates/283-9cd54317-703e-4317-badc-2efc7d68770a Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw