Digest: This Act requires landlords to test tenants' wells for contaminants. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3).
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Digest: This Act requires landlords to test tenants' wells and DEQ to analyze its well data. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).]
Requires, for each dwelling unit rented by a landlord for which the source of drinking water is [
a]
an exempt well [
that is subject to regulation], that the landlord collect and test samples of drinking water from the dwelling unit for arsenic, [
E. coli]
coliform bacteria, lead and nitrates. Requires the [
Department of Environmental Quality]
Oregon Health Authority to adopt implementation rules. Becomes operative on June 1, 2026.
Statutes affected: Introduced: 90.320