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Committee hears HB 3525 to require landlords to test and disclose private-well water quality to tenants
Summary
Panelists and public-health experts testified in favor of HB 3525, which would require landlords of rental properties served by domestic wells to test for arsenic, E. coli, nitrates and lead, share results with tenants and report results to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA).
House Bill 3525 was the subject of a lengthy public hearing on Feb. 7 before the Committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water. Representative Anissa Hartman introduced the bill as a measure to close a gap in protections for renters served by domestic wells and to require landlords to test and disclose water quality results.
Karen Lewatsky, water program director at the Oregon Environmental Council, testified that HB 3525 would require landlords to test domestic wells for arsenic, total coliform, nitrates and lead, share…
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