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Water crisis eases but drought still looms in Iowa towns
Eastern Iowa towns report improved water pictures after weekend rains yet remain wary. Federal drought relief funds have approved loans and grants totaling over 10 million dollars for towns like Waucoma Delta Hedrick and Fayette with additional applications pending. Mayors warn against overuse while planning new wells towers and mains as Des Moines and Cedar Rapids monitor river flows and conservation efforts continue statewide.
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Jerry Rattenberg
Region One
State Department of Environmental Quality
DEQ
Iowa
Earl Voelker
Region Six
Jordan
Drouth
State Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Congress
Robert Ray
Lloyd Scott
Scott
Dreuth
Dennis Jacobs
State Dreuth Task Force
Fraha
Waucoma
Malcom
Fayette
Delta
Hedrick
Jacobs
Frank Young
Young
Bob Bond
Bond
Shellsburg
Marengo
Oxford Junction
What Cheer
Otto Maas
Maas
Custer
Atkins
Belle Plaine
Jerry McIintire
McIntire
the Gazette
Gerald Pederson
Vinton
Harry Kral
Solon
Kral
Gordon Kleppe
West Union Water
Winthrop Water
Lewis Phillips
Phillips
Tipton
Don Rosenow
Rosenow
Monticello
Janet Fraser
Fraser
Williamsburg
Richard Pugh
Pugh
Iowa City
Mary Neuhauser
Decorah
Charles Price
Neuhauser
Iowa River
Coralville
Price
Lee Coppock
Cedar Rapids
Coppock