Environmental groups say they will sue five Lower Valley dairies in federal court for allegedly contaminating local drinking water supplies unless the operators take steps to stop the contamination “and begin to make amends for the damage they have alread
Environmental Groups Look To Sue Dairies Over Groundwater
By Ross Courtney, Yakima Herald-Republic
Thu, 10/18/2012 - 11:08pm
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