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Drinking Water Protection and Agricultural Exceptionalism Pace University DigitalCommons@Pace Pace Law Faculty Publications School of Law 2016 Drinking Water Protection and Agricultural Exceptionalism Margot J. Pollans Pace University School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lawfaculty Part of the Agriculture Law Commons, Environmental Law Commons, and the Water Law Commons Recommended Citation Margot J. Pollans, Drinking Water Protection and Agricultural Exceptionalism, 77 Ohio St. L.J. 1195 (2016), http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lawfaculty/1051/. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Law at DigitalCommons@Pace. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pace Law Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Pace. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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