Groundwater nitrate contamination grows in California farm areas
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 01:03
in Earth & Climate
UC Davis researchers say the drinking water supplies of 250,000 people will continue to be threatened. Providing clean water would cost less than reducing the amount of nitrates reaching aquifers, they say.Nitrate contamination of groundwater in some of the state's most intensely farmed regions has grown worse in recent decades and will continue to spread, threatening the drinking water supplies of more than 250,000 people, according to a new study.