BOARDMAN — The Port of Morrow in Boardman faces a new violation over contamination that may have been going on for some time.
Laura Gleim, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, said the leak was not near residential areas and the groundwater beneath it does not flow toward population centers or private wells.
A map shows where the wastewater leak occurred at the corner of Lewis and Clark Drive and Oscar Peterson Drive at the Port of Morrow, Boardman, near an Amazon data center.
In response to the wastewater pipeline leak, the Port of Morrow earlier in 2023 excavated potentially contaminated soils for testing and disposal.
A stake indicates a wastewater pipeline is undergound at the Port of Morrow in this photo from Dec. 14, 2022, a month before the port responded to a complaint that it might have a leaking pipeline.
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