As Forests Burn, Drinking Water is at Risk

Post-fire runoff can introduce pollutants

 

Boats are pulled ashore as smoke and wildfires rage behind Lake Conjola, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Thousands of tourists fled Australia’s wildfire-ravaged ea

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