The Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority has begun sampling sewage as part of a national program to track the spread of the coronavirus and its variants.
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The Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority has begun sampling sewage as part of a national program to track the spread of the coronavirus and its variants.
Chad Ingels, a northeast Iowa farmer and Republican state representative, said he was angered by a March 26 opinion piece on the Civil Eats website written by Chris Jones, an IIHR research engineer, about race and water quality.
Des Moines has become an extreme example of the conflict over clean water between agriculture and cities in farm states with minimal regulation.
In just the Midwestern states of Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Minnesota, Missouri and Kansas, outdoor recreation generates about $60 billion in spending about 550,000 jobs, a trade association says. Iowa would like to keep a larger share of that spending within its borders
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A majority of four justices agreed to reverse a district court decision and dismiss a lawsuit challenging whether provisions of Iowa’s nutrient reduction strategy are adequate to protect the Raccoon River from agricultural pollution.
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said he will vote against President Joe Biden’s pick to be an assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over recent actions by the Biden administration related to clean water rules and biofuels.
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The funding for a new city-led project will involve other communities and agricultural partners to address water quality conditions in the river
Farmers less likely than public overall to say excess nutrients come primarily from ag runoff
A 2018 Iowa State University study found Iowa stood to gain $30 million a year by improving its water quality.
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