Des Moines water board votes to sue over nitrate runoff

Trustees of the Des Moines Water Works voted at the end of a 60-day warning period to sue drainage districts in three counties in northwest Iowa over high levels of nitrate in the Raccoon River, a source of drinking water for Iowa’s capital city. The suit in federal court “could trigger far-reaching effects on how… » Read More

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