March 21, 2012

Tainted water could be rerouted to crop fertilization

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A vast tide of tainted water spreads beneath San Joaquin Valley farm fields — a nightmarish 10 trillion gallons of it, a new study says. Rural drinking water is a mess. And the problem is only getting worse.

But if there is an upside in the University of California study released last week, it might be the contamination itself. It’s basically plant food. The Fresno Bee

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