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Iowa faces long wait for clean water rules amid farm pollution
Northeast Iowa faces ongoing water quality struggles as industrial agriculture and runoff keep many river and lake segments impaired. An Investigate Midwest analysis shows 80 percent of river segments and 43 percent of lake segments remain impaired for a decade or more, despite debate in the Legislature over tougher CAFO regulations and Clean Water Act enforcement.
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Iowa
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Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Gregory LeFevre
University of Iowa
Investigate Midwest
Yellow River
Driftless Water Defenders
Postville
Agri Star Meat & Poultry
Hecker Creek
Agri Star
Noah Poppelreiter
Iowa Dnr
Poppelreiter
Iowa State University
Mary Skopec
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Regents Resource Center
Claire Hruby
Drake University
Hruby
United States
Afos
DNA
Skopec
Tarah Heinzen
Food & Water Watch
Heinzen
Staed
Cedar Rapids
Senate
DNR
House
Monica Kurth
Davenport
Michael Schmidt
Iowa Environmental Council
Schmidt