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IEC and ELPC Call for DNR to Protect Floodplains from CAFO Pollution

posted 5/4/2022
The Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) and Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) filed a petition for rulemaking with the Iowa DNR's Environmental Protection Commission, seeking to adopt a floodplain map into state law. Since 2002, Iowa law has prohibited the development or expansion of CAFOs in the 100-year floodplain, but no floodplain map has been adopted, forcing the DNR to expend additional resources on siting requests.

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Mississippi River named among America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2022

posted 4/19/2022
American Rivers today named the Mississippi River one of America's Most Endangered Rivers® of 2022, highlighting the threats that habitat destruction and pollution, combined with climate impacts, pose to millions of people across the basin.

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EPA's Fertilizer Pollution Policy Memo: What's Missing

posted 4/11/2022
EPA issued a new fertilizer pollution policy memo on April 5, 2022. IEC digs into the memo's key points and responds to the findings.

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Report: Clean Water Act's Promises Half Kept at Half Century

posted 3/17/2022
A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project shows the promises of the Clean Water Act, passed in 1972, are only 50% met 50 years later. IEC's Water Program Associate Director Alicia Vasto participated in the report release, discussing the agricultural exemption in the CWA and the impact that has had on water quality in Iowa and the U.S.

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State Denies Petition to Protect Karst and Drinking Water: What's Next?

posted 3/8/2022
Last month the state Environmental Protection Commission denied IEC's petition for enhanced rules to protect drinking water from animal feedlot pollution in karst terrain after the DNR indicated the agency would include the proposals in a standard rule review. IEC looks at what's next for these important drinking water protections.

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2022 Impaired Waters List in Iowa: Concerning Trends Continue

posted 2/22/2022
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) released the draft 2022 303(d) Impaired Waters List for the state of Iowa on Thursday, February 17. The report finds that of the waters tested by IDNR staff for the 2022 report, 54% have impairments.

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EPC denies IEC, ELPC water quality petition

posted 2/15/2022
The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission today denied a petition for rules filed by the Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) and Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC) last year, ending a six-month review of the request to protect drinking water from feedlots. Instead, the Iowa DNR announced at the hearing that it intends to address the questions raised in the petition as part of a broader rulemaking process on siting issues.

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Iowa's Drinking Water and the Infrastructure Act

posted 12/14/2021
IEC proposes solutions to address chronic drinking water issues for rural and underserved individuals in Iowa with the passage of the Infrastructure Act last month.

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IEC Celebrates Passage of Historic Infrastructure Bill

posted 11/22/2021
This month, the United States Congress passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that will provide federal funding for crucial infrastructure projects, including energy infrastructure, drinking and wastewater systems, and transit systems.

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Celebrating Iowans at Pro H2O 2021

posted 9/20/2021
IEC celebrated clean water in Iowa at the recent Pro H2O, and honored four Iowans for their work to protect and advocate for water improvements in the state.

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