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Summer Ends but the Watch Continues

posted 9/10/2021
As summer beach monitoring comes to a close, we recap the increasing number of water advisories around the state and take a look at our work going forward.

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2021 Beach Season Kicks Off With Three Advisories

posted 5/28/2021
The 2021 beach season officially kicks off this weekend. That means its time for Weekly Water Watch to start up again. This week there are three advisories for Iowa beaches.

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2020 Impaired Waters List in Iowa: Concerning Trends Continue

posted 12/1/2020
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) released the draft 2020 303(d) Impaired Waters List for the state of Iowa on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. IEC staff have reviewed the report and share their concerns with the increasing impairment list.

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IEC Announces 2020 Pro H2O Award Winners

posted 8/14/2020
Pro H2O will take place virtually on September 10 and will continue to recognize Iowans doing important work to improve water quality and bring attention to water issues in our state. Meet three award winners and learn more about their work.

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Despite a strategy for reduction, the NRS Annual Report shows nitrogen exports up

posted 8/4/2020
The 2018-2019 Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Report now includes data on nitrogen export and the numbers are moving in the wrong direction: up.

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IDNR Announces New Microcystin Threshold for Beach Advisories

posted 6/8/2020
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources recently announced they will follow the EPA's recommended threshold of 8 micrograms per liter of microcystin for issuing beach advisories. IEC looks into this change and why it is important for public health.

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State's Triennial Review of Iowa's Water Quality Standards Fails to Address Nutrient Pollution

posted 1/8/2020
The State of Iowa has once again chosen to ignore dangerous nutrient pollution in Iowa's waters by refusing to adopt numeric nutrient criteria. This refusal comes as part of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) Triennial Review work plan for 2018-2020 state water quality standards, released in late December 2019.

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Substandard Living: Iowans Deserve a Microcystin Standard

posted 6/28/2019
Iowa's lack of a microcystin standard poses a public health risk and ultimately restricts useful information from being in the hands of those that want to recreate. Establishing this standard would not be burdensome to the DNR, in fact it would require little extra work. Because of this, we urge the DNR to reconsider their stance on the microcystin swim advisory recommendation.

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EPA Recommends New Water Quality Standard for Microcystin

posted 5/31/2019
The Environmental Protection Agency recently published their recommendation for microcystin recreational water quality criteria. The suggested criteria reflect the latest scientific knowledge on the potential human health effects from recreational exposure to microcystin.

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Summer Beach Advisories Have Arrived

posted 5/24/2019
Summer beach season has arrived, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) beach monitoring has begun. Already this season, there are four (4) swimming advisories for E. coli contamination in Iowa state park lakes. The DNR conducts weekly monitoring of 39 state park beaches for E. coli and microcystin

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