In much of America’s farm country, nitrate contamination of drinking water, largely caused by polluted runoff from crop fields, poses a serious health risk – and the problem is getting worse, according to an Environmental Working Group analysis of data from 10 states.

Feb 19, 2025 · The California Farm Water Coalition is a non-profit, educational organization committed to sharing fact-based information about the important role water plays in the food, fiber, and nursery products grown in California.

Sep 10, 2020 · EWG has found 377 news reports of agricultural pollution contaminating drinking water in 303 locations since 2010. With four months left in 2020, 38 of those cities, towns and counties have suffered from contaminated drinking water so far this year.

Pesticides, fertilizers, animal waste and other substances flow off farm fields and end up in our drinking water. Drinking water contaminated with these chemicals increases the risk of cancer and birth defects.

Sep 27, 2018 · Lettuce contaminated with pathogens have sickened and killed people. But the FDA has shelved Obama-era plans to test the culprit: farms’ irrigation water.

Jul 9, 2024 · Agricultural runoff refers to the water that flows over farms and fields when it rains or when irrigation systems are used. This water moves across the land, picking up pollutants along the way, eventually flowing into nearby water bodies such as rivers, lakes, and oceans.

Jan 29, 2025 · From warehouses stuffed with millions of animals to massive chemical-drenched cornfields, Big Ag has taken over the state. And it’s poisoning the water, too. Iowa’s factory farm industry now raises 23.5 million factory-farmed hogs annually — …

Jul 12, 2022 · But those inventions would be moot without agriculture’s most precious commodity: fresh water. And it, say researchers, is now under threat . Pollution, climate change and over-abstraction are beginning to compromise the lakes, rivers, …

California Farm Water CoalitionRelease immediate California’s water future going from bad to worse Today’s announced cutbacks in water deliveries from the two major water supply systems in California are “making a bad situation even worse,” according to Mike Wade, executive director of the California Farm Water Coalition. “Farmers were already looking at reduced water supplies …

A clean and plentiful water supply is essential for productive agriculture to supply the public with adequate food and fiber. But agriculture, like other land uses, can sometimes negatively affect water quality. Common causes of poor water quality: Soil erosion; Manure runoff; Over-application of nitrogen fertilizer; Pollutants; Excess phosphorus