Iowa launches clean water website
Iowa officials this week unveiled a new website – www.cleanwateriowa.org –intended to help Iowans clean up their rivers and lakes. A Des Moines Register article quoted Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad … Read more
nitrate pollution
Nitrate taints St. Peter groundwater
A Minnesota Public Radio report this week looked at the complicated – and costly – process the City of St. Peter uses to remove nitrate from city water. The nitrate … Read more
Meetings set on nitrogen fertilizer plan
The first of five “listening sessions,” hosted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to receive citizen comment on a new nitrogen fertilizer plan, will be from 5 to 7 p.m. … Read more
Freshwater statement on MPCA nitrogen pollution report
The Freshwater Society made this statement about the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s report on nitrogen pollution of surface waters: The MPCA report is good work. It demonstrates the magnitude of … Read more
UN calculates ag pollution's worldwide cost
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more