Articles Tagged: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Belle Plaine is scraping the bottom of its water reserves and is searching for reprieve and solutions. It’s not the only Iowa town suffering amid the record drought.

A state agency recently placed new requirements on the water-use permit for the Osceola County Rural Water System to prevent the river from drying up, which has now happened five times in the past eight years.

Iowa regulators believe liquid ammonia fertilizer caused the fish kill last year near Coggon.

By testing 20 wells, as well as sampling groundwater and soil, airport leaders hope to understand the scope and direction of PFAS contamination and see if there is evidence of a link between tainted wells and firefighting foam used for decades at the airport.

An eastern Iowa mobile home park demolished some of its homes without testing them for asbestos and did not dispose of them in a way to prevent asbestos exposure of its residents, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has fined an Anamosa mobile home company and two men renovating a Lost Nation school for asbestos violations because of what the agency said was improper disposal of waste.

Also, Attorney General reminds Iowans of school safety law

A rural Manchester man began to build a campground near Lake Delhi and continued construction without getting permission for the work in a floodplain, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

Owners of an 11,600-head cattle feedlot in northeast Iowa withdrew their application for a manure management plan after a public hearing in which opponents said there were errors and omissions in the plan.

An Iowa DNR representative did not respond to Gazette inquiries about why the process has been delayed beyond the timeline previously estimated by a DNR water quality supervisor.

Mudpuppies are threatened in Iowa, and salamander mussels are being considered for national listing. The two species’ one-of-a-kind relationship has presented opportunity for collaboration among the researchers who are working to preserve and grow their populations.

A 2-mile stretch of the river near May City went dry last year, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources determined that the Osceola County Rural Water System was partly at fault.

Iowa awards $580K to improve 6 public lakes

Driving along Interstate 80 near Williamsburg you still see the sign advertising the Wasserbahn, a hotel and waterpark sitting vacant for more than a year. Where do things stand with the building, once slated for demolition?

Researchers are studying what’s left of Iowa’s original prairies — which used to cover 65 percent of the state — to help guide reconstruction efforts.