OPINION: Nebraskans can hold polluters accountable through federal law

By: Jonathan Leo

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: July 2, 2026

Words: 491

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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Many Nebraska families depend on private wells and small community systems for drinking, cooking, bathing and raising healthy kids. But for too many of us, that water is poisoned — loaded with nitrates from industrial hog farms’ animal waste.

We’ve seen the test results: levels soaring above the EPA’s safe limit of 10 mg/L, sometimes as high as 48 mg/L in hotspots like the Platte and Elkhorn River valleys. Recent statewide sampling by …

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