Bruno’s main source of revenue comes from a co-op grain storage facility. In the years before pesticide regulations during the 1940s and 1950s, the town’s main practice was to use grain fumigants to protect crop yield. Little did they know that the chemicals used seeped down into the area’s water supply causing it to be undrinkable.
Now faced with problem of a dwindling water supply, this small town in Nebraska looks upon these Missouri S&T students for help.
Reviewed 2013-02-18