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Sourcing Irrigation Water for Agricultural Safety
By Jaan Koel Water quality failures from water contamination may hit the news because of their impact on consumers but the implications for farmers are no less severe. Two prominent examples: • the Walkerton, ON, coli outbreak in May 2000, which was caused by livestock runoff. Seven people died and thousands of others were sickened. […]