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
A 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-NDThe 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...