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Three WA dairies agree to combat pollution

February 19, 2015, Yakima, WA – Facing more potentially negative federal court rulings, three Lower Yakima Valley dairy owners have agreed to line their manure lagoons, a costly safeguard against groundwater contamination.

The dairies also have begun talking about settling the pending federal court case with the environmental groups that sued them in U.S. District Court for allegedly fouling private wells in largely low-income unincorporated areas of Yakima County with improper manure management. READ MORE