(May 10, 2017, 10:54 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 9 affirmed a district court ruling that an exception to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) protects information about water wells (AquAlliance v. United States Bureau of Reclamation, No. 15-5325, D.C. Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 8174)....