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Fixing Iowa’s nitrate pollution problem
September 14, 2015
By The Des Moines Register
By The Des Moines Register
September 14, 2015
By The Des Moines Register
By The Des Moines Register
Sept. 14, 2015, Des Moines, Iowa – Iowa is experimenting with ways to stem the release of nutrients from drainage systems, incorporating nitrate-absorbing wetlands and other practices with tiling in order to cut levels that threaten public water systems.
As The Des Moines Register reports, this comes at a pivotal time for Iowa’s agriculture, as the state’s century-old tiling is viewed as crumbling and too small to deal with the increasingly heavy rainfalls brought on by climate change. | READ MORE