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Nitrate contamination of well water has been a decades-long problem in the San Joaquin and Salinas valleys — and now stormwater has flushed more fertilizer and manure into aquifers.
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Nitrate contamination of well water has been a decades-long problem — and now stormwater has flushed more fertilizer and manure into aquifers.
Despite concerns from the public about manure contamination in Tulare Lake floodwater, water experts say waste from dairies is no more of a problem than other contaminants like human waste and bacteria from birds.
For decades, high levels of nitrate have contaminated groundwater basins throughout the state. Now this year’s heavy rains may worsen this widespread...