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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For decades, high levels of nitrate have contaminated groundwater basins throughout the state. Now this year’s heavy rains may worsen this widespread.
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