Imagine that a heavily subsidized industry puts thousands of pounds of toxic pollutants into groundwater and surface water and then argues that while they have had 14 years to avoid meeting water quality standards, they want almost another decade because they don’t have the public financing or the technology to treat their pollution. Well, it’s all right here in California’s western San Joaquin Valley.

 

See C-WIN's Media Advisory on the upcoming selenium waivers here.