Source: Gary Baise, FARM FUTURES, 2/27/18


The county of Maui, Hawaii, the American Farm Bureau, National Association of Manufacturers and others lost a case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which undoubtedly will have impact on agriculture. Maui County installed four discreet wells into which it discharged treated effluent. The treated effluent then mixed into ground water and the pollutants then entered a navigable water, the Pacific Ocean.

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