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Wildfires don’t just burn farmland − they can contaminate the water farmers use to irrigate crops and support livestock

  • Written by Andrew J. Whelton, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
Wildfires don’t just burn farmland − they can contaminate the water farmers use to irrigate crops and support livestockA water pipe that was used to carry water to livestock crosses land burned in the Maui fires in August 2023. Andrew Whelton/Purdue University, CC BY-ND

The wildfires that burned across Maui, Hawaii, in August 2023 became the deadliest conflagration in the United States in more than a century. While the harm to homes and tourism drew the most...

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