Iowa Water Wars Heating Up

Des Moines Water Works is expected to pursue a lawsuit against three northwestern Iowa counties that manage drainage districts with high concentrations of nitrates, reports Timothy Meinch of The Des Moines Register.

Water Works officials say the nitrates, which flow into the Raccoon River, threaten the city’s water quality.

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The Board of Water Works Trustees will vote Thursday to move forward with the lawsuit in what’s expected to be a unanimous decision, according to chairman Graham Gillette.

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“We really feel we have no choice,” he said.

“This is the only way that we see that we can engage the government, especially the state of Iowa, in a serious discussion about regulating those pollutants that are dumped into our source water.”

Read the full story at The Des Moines Register here.

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