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Rice growers grapple with water quality problems

10/18/23 7:25 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS blue baby syndrome cost of compliance for regulatory programs nitrate contamination in groundwater aquifers and drinking water wells pesticide runoff into streams and rivers water quality monitoring and reporting

Brief spikes in pesticide detections have triggered new actions, while others in the Sacramento Valley are dealing with nitrates.

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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

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