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Erica Gies covers water, energy, critters and more on the science and environment beat. She holds a master’s degree in literature, with a focus in eco-criticism. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Scientific American, Nature, The Economist and others.
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The state has a long-term plan to clean up nitrate-contaminated groundwater, but farmers say more research is still needed and environmental groups think the proposal isn’t strong enough.
It will take decades to slow nitrate contamination in groundwater from industrial agriculture in parts of the state of California, so communities are taking matters into their own hands to get clean drinking water.
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