Creek pollution fight spurs payment of owners nearby

 
By John David Sutter
Published: June 11, 2008

The Oklahoma Water Resources Board voted Tuesday to fight water pollution by helping to pay landowners near Tulsa to stop using land that buffers two troubled creeks.

The program — which is being applied to Eucha and Spavinaw creeks and is intended to clean Tulsa's water supply — was touted by board members as the first of its kind in the nation.

The board's hope is that the unused land will filter out pol...


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