Tag Archives: Iowa water pollution

Free Webinar: How To Have A Role In Iowa Water Quality Standards

Posted on October 7, 2025 by Trish Nelson

You’ve heard a lot about water quality in Iowa this summer: nitrates in our waterways, record numbers of beach advisories, forever chemicals, fish kills, federal rollbacks of water protections, and more. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is now requesting … Continue reading →

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Free Public Event To Kick Off Iowa Clean Water Group

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Trish Nelson

From Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors: Driftless Water Defenders Inaugural Meeting Saturday, June 15, 2024 in Decorah, Iowa The public is invited to attend the first meeting hosted by a new clean water advocacy membership group, Driftless Water Defenders (DWD). … Continue reading →

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Want Stronger CAFO Regulations? Stop SF 2370

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Jefferson Family Farmers and neighbors (JFAN). The following is a JFAN op-ed published in the Iowa Farmers Union Barn Door Bulletin last Friday. Please contact your representative and tell them to remove language codifying Executive Order Number … Continue reading →

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Join The Fight Against Liquid Manure In Iowa’s Water

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Trish Nelson

ACTION ALERT FROM CCI: We’re in this fight because Iowa has over 10,000 factory farms that produce over 22 billion gallons of toxic liquid manure. Manure that is dumped untreated onto farm fields across the state and runs off into … Continue reading →

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Watch: Chris Jones Live Presentation Plus Audience Q and A

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Trish Nelson

“As our streams have been degraded our farms now look clean. You drive across the countryside and all our farms look like this – corn and soybeans, no weeds… we have 25 million hogs in Iowa but you can drive … Continue reading →

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Majority of Iowa Waterways Exceed Drinkable Nitrate Limit

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Trish Nelson

IowaEnvironmentalFocus.org KC McGinnis | May 3, 2016 Data from the Iowa Water Quality Information System (IWQIS) shows that more than half of Iowa’s waterways being recorded currently exceed the nitrate threshold of 10 mg/l, with several outpacing levels from previous … Continue reading →

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