Disaster upon disaster: Wildfires are contaminating the West's depleting water with ashy sludge

With massive wildfires already blazing across the American Southwest, officials are worried that the runoff from burn areas will contaminate water supplies in the drought-parched West, where water is already at a premium.

Disaster upon disaster: Wildfires are contaminating the West's depleting water with ashy sludge

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