Bigger and more-frequent wildfires threaten water supplies across the US

In a year in which 68,179 wildfires burned more than 9.5 million acres nationwide, new studies show that wildfires leave behind charred trees and scorched vegetation that impact the streams and rivers providing drinking water to much of the country - contamination that could linger for more than a decade.

Bigger and more-frequent wildfires threaten water supplies across the US

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