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Residents and advocates press State Water Board panel to adopt limits now, cite contaminated domestic wells and health harms
Summary
Community groups and residents described decades of nitrate contamination in domestic wells, health impacts and the cost of bottled water; advocates urged the panel to recommend numeric limits and quicker action to protect drinking water.
Community members, legal advocates and public-interest groups used the State Water Resources Control Board's expert-panel hearing to urge immediate, enforceable action to protect drinking-water sources from agricultural nitrate contamination.
Rosa Carrillo, general manager of the San Gerardo Cooperative, described multiple contaminated wells in her community and told the panel the community has experienced health problems and cancer linked by residents to contaminated water. "We cannot wait 10 years more or 20 years more," Rosa said, asking the panel to recommend limits that protect drinking water…
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