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Drought Threat Hits Eastern Iowa Towns Hard
By April 7 1977 seventy three counties faced breath related water problems and all counties were eligible for federal relief funds. Waucoma in Fayette County fights drying wells while Traer Dyersville and Belle Plaine face shortages and new wells. Towns like Center Point and Belle Plaine drill deeper or haul water as observers warn Mississippian aquifer could run dry.
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Waucoma
Fayette County
Frank Young
Young
Farmers Home Administration
Grant
The
Gazette
Iowa Geological Survey
Iowa
Linn
Johnson Counties
Oxford Junction
Keswick
Millersburg
Delta
Hawkeye
Central City
Martelle
Olin
Lamont
Dyersville
Delhi
Delaware
Donald Koch
Koch
Center Point
Belle Plaine
Eileen Neenan
U.S
Walter Steinhilber
Iowa City
Jerry McIntire
Nance
McIntire
Steinhilber
Ainsworth
Olds
Decorah
Charles Price
Price
Winthrop
Dreuth Task Force
Lewis Phillips
Phillips
Fayette
Bob Bond
Bond
West Union
Gordon Kleppe
Charles Wiedemann
Monona
Clayton County