Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
Nearly a quarter of local wells tested through a free program offered to Sweet Home-area residents last month indicated higher levels of arsenic than the recommended safety standard for arsenic in public water systems.
Gail Glick Andrews, an Oregon State University professor who runs the university extension’s Oregon Well Water Program, said that arsenic was detected in 31 of 84 local wells tested in February. Of those, 20 exceeded…