SPRINGFIELD – The idea that Lane County could be “water poor” is laughable to many people.
After all, this is the wet Willamette Valley, where it rains for nine months and drips for the next three.
Well, not precisely … and wipe that smirk off your face.
In the 1970s and ‘80s, I was Lane County’s hydrogeologist specializing in arsenic and dry wells. I was one of only two county hydrogeologists in the country; the…




