Merkley wants Oregon to probe source of tainted wells

Dick Zimmerlee spent decades as a rancher, farmer and agriculture consultant. But each day he spends studying the soils and groundwater on his Prineville ranch, trying to find out why black sludge started clogging pipes and settling in his toilet, his knowledge becomes more akin to an amateur geologist.

“We’ve become students of this whole thing,” he said. “Unwillingly, but we did.”

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