In the News: WERI research advises lawmakers on nitrates in water wells

In the News: WERI research advises lawmakers on nitrates in water wells

In the News: WERI research advises lawmakers on nitrates in water wells


11/18/2020

Study: Nitrate levels rising in water wells

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/study-nitrate-levels-rising-in-water-wells/article_030ad950-27a5-11eb-b457-275e19ec9e17.html

Nitrate concentrations have risen over the past 40 years in nearly 60% of 146 water wells within the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer, and are continuing to rise in at least 44% of wells, according to a scientific advisory paper from the Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific, or WERI, at the University of Guam.

Read the full story in the Guam Daily Post.