Saturday, July 18, 2015

Water Works votes to sue 3 Iowa counties over nitrates

That's what we need in Michigan and Ohio not a bravoed new directive to reduce fertilizer input into Lake Erie by 20% over 10 years handing out millions of subsidies to the polluting farmers to do a minuscule fraction of the really necessary steps to safeguard Lake Erie's health!

 Timothy Meinch, tmeinch@dmreg.com

Des Moines Water Works will file a federal suit against three rural counties in northwest Iowa, an action that could trigger far-reaching effects on how states approach water quality regulation.

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Bob Wessel of Des Moines speaks about water quality during a meeting at the Des Moines Water Works Tuesday, March 10, 2015.(Photo: Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register)

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