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Environmental

Sep. 18, 2015

Deal between Obama administration and water district could settle long legal fight

The proposed settlement moves responsibility from the U.S. to a Fresno-based water district to manage contaminated irrigation water over, but terms of the deal are being criticized by environmentalists and some politicians.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The Obama administration and a major Central Valley agricultural water provider have
reached a settlement in a decades long legal fight over who should deal with toxic
water draining off of farm fields.


But the ultimate success of the settlement remains unclear, as outraged environmentalists
and some politicians have...

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