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Local Agriculture

California Irrigates Food Crops With Oil & Gas Wastewater

KVCR | By Amy Quinton

Published October 28, 2016 at 9:50 AM PDT

For more than 30 years, wastewater from oil and gas operations has been used to irrigate food crops in California. As Capital Public Radio's Amy Quinton reports, regulators will re-examine the safety of that practice during a public hearing today (Friday).

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