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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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IEC Welcomes New Water Program Director to Advance Council's Work on Clean, Safe Water for All Iowans

posted 5/15/2019
The Iowa Environmental Council has welcomed Ingrid Gronstal Anderson as the organization's Water Program Director. Gronstal Anderson joins the Des Moines nonprofit from Iowa City, where she most recently served as an Environmental Compliance Specialist at the University of Iowa.

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Iowa's Private Wells Overrun With Agricultural Contaminants

posted 4/24/2019
Private wells across Iowa are contaminated with unsafe levels of two agricultural contaminants, according to an investigation by the Environmental Working Group and the Iowa Environmental Council.

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Environmental Groups Call on Iowa Department of Natural Resources to Protect Iowa's Lakes

posted 12/14/2018
The Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) and Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC) are calling on the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to establish numeric nutrient criteria for Iowa's recreational lakes.

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Environmental Council Calls for Governor's Veto of “Irresponsible” Water Quality Legislation

posted 1/23/2018
IEC responds to the passage of SF512

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Council Receives Major Grants for Water Quality Work

posted 4/12/2016
The Iowa Environmental Council received good news in March on funding for its water quality work in 2016-2017 from the McKnight Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation.

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Iowa Court Sides with Environmental Groups on Implementation of Clean Water Anti-degradation Standards

posted 3/25/2016
An Iowa District Court late last week found the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) failed to appropriately enforce the state's clean water anti-degradation standards when it approved a wastewater treatment project that would increase pollution in the Des Moines River Watershed. The ruling is the first legal case addressing the enforcement of the anti-degradation standards since the Iowa Supreme Court upheld the standards in 2014.

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Council Commends Iowa's Soil and Water Future Task Force

posted 1/15/2016
Today, the Iowa Soil and Water Future Task Force, a group created by the Greater Des Moines Partnership and part of the work of the Capital Crossroads community vision plan, released its Strategic Direction, Implementation, Recommendations report to the state. Overall, the Council strongly supports the report's recommendations, many of which reflect the priorities and positions the Council shared during the stakeholder meetings.

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Newsroom For Tag "water quality"

Substandard Living: Iowans Deserve a Microcystin Standard

EPA Recommends New Water Quality Standard for Microcystin

Summer Beach Advisories Have Arrived

IEC Welcomes New Water Program Director to Advance Council's Work on Clean, Safe Water for All Iowans

Iowa's Private Wells Overrun With Agricultural Contaminants

Environmental Groups Call on Iowa Department of Natural Resources to Protect Iowa's Lakes

Environmental Council Calls for Governor's Veto of “Irresponsible” Water Quality Legislation

Council Receives Major Grants for Water Quality Work

Iowa Court Sides with Environmental Groups on Implementation of Clean Water Anti-degradation Standards

Council Commends Iowa's Soil and Water Future Task Force

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Substandard Living: Iowans Deserve a Microcystin Standard

EPA Recommends New Water Quality Standard for Microcystin

Summer Beach Advisories Have Arrived

IEC Welcomes New Water Program Director to Advance Council's Work on Clean, Safe Water for All Iowans

Iowa's Private Wells Overrun With Agricultural Contaminants

Environmental Groups Call on Iowa Department of Natural Resources to Protect Iowa's Lakes

Environmental Council Calls for Governor's Veto of “Irresponsible” Water Quality Legislation

Council Receives Major Grants for Water Quality Work

Iowa Court Sides with Environmental Groups on Implementation of Clean Water Anti-degradation Standards

Council Commends Iowa's Soil and Water Future Task Force

Our mission: A safe, healthy environment and sustainable future for Iowa.

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