Judge backs water quality standards

A state district judge has upheld Montana’s water quality standards designed to protect rivers from salty water discharged in coalbed methane operations.

Judge Blair Jones in a ruling Wednesday said the Montana Board of Environmental Review and the Department of Environmental Quality acted properly in adopting numeric water quality standards and amending the state’s policy protecting high-quality water from salty water associated with the drilling.

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