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Environmental

Nov. 7, 2012

State must stop pollution from dairy operations, court rules

A state appellate court ruled Tuesday that Central Valley officials are not doing enough to prevent dairy operations from polluting groundwater in the region.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A state appellate court ruled Tuesday that Central Valley officials are not doing enough to prevent dairy operations from polluting groundwater in the region. The decision will force the Central Valley Water Quality Control Board to strengthen a 2007 rule that for the first time set limits on discharges of cow manure and urine into water. The regulation fails to protect area groundwater, which violates a longstanding state policy to ...

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