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- Local Business Owners, State Group Work Together to Keep Okoboji BlueOctober 2 2012Curt Schnell and his brothers grew up understanding the…
- Residents Say Uncontrolled Coal is Harming Drinking Water, Mississippi RiverOctober 2 2012Sherry Leonard has had it. After years of being told there is…
- Raccoon River Connects Urban, Rural Water Quality ProblemsOctober 2 2012Don’t try to tell Mike Delaney that the water quality of…
- White Water Iowa: How a New Park is Changing Perceptions, BehaviorsOctober 2 2012As John Schultz worked on surfing his kayak over the rolling…
- Flood Recovery, Prevention Still a Sticky Situation for IowaOctober 2 2012Jason Wright vividly remembers the historic flood that inundated…
- Stewardship Practices Key to Reducing Pollution in Black Hawk LakeOctober 2 2012Black Hawk Lake’s water quality problems date back to the…
Latest News
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa ready to fight the next flood?
Posted Jun 12, 2013
People and property along the Cedar and Iowa rivers are nearly as vulnerable to a big flood now as they were in June of 2008, experts say. “We have hardened and flood-proofed a lot of buildings in the flood plain, but given rainfall like we had in the spring of 2008, the water is still going to rise to the same level,” said Larry Weber, director of IIHR — Hydroscience & Engineering, the parent organization of the Iowa Flood Center. Weber said the Iowa Flood Center, a... Read More »
Posted Jun 12, 2013
People and property along the Cedar and Iowa rivers are nearly as vulnerable to a big flood now as they were in June of 2008, experts say. “We have hardened and flood-proofed a lot of buildings in the flood plain, but given rainfall like we had in the spring of 2008, the water is still going to rise to the same level,” said Larry Weber, director of IIHR — Hydroscience & Engineering, the parent organization of the Iowa Flood Center. Weber said the Iowa Flood Center, a... Read More »
Iowa Environmental Council: With heavy spring rain, Iowa’s need for conservation preparedness becomes evident
Posted Jun 07, 2013
This has been yet another extraordinary spring for Iowa. After a record drought in 2012, spring 2013 is the wettest ever in 141 years of state records. According to National Weather Service estimates over the last sixty days, some portions of eastern Iowa have received between 200 and 300% of normal rainfall. As a result, river levels around the state are on the rise, especially in eastern Iowa, where fears of a repeat of the record 2008 floods continue to loom. Read more
Posted Jun 07, 2013
This has been yet another extraordinary spring for Iowa. After a record drought in 2012, spring 2013 is the wettest ever in 141 years of state records. According to National Weather Service estimates over the last sixty days, some portions of eastern Iowa have received between 200 and 300% of normal rainfall. As a result, river levels around the state are on the rise, especially in eastern Iowa, where fears of a repeat of the record 2008 floods continue to loom. Read more
AP: Iowa copes with nitrate surge in drinking water
Posted Jun 05, 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For much of last year, Iowa's most pressing agricultural problem was a drought that baked farm fields and parched crops, turning them brown and crumbly. Then the skies finally opened up, providing one of the soggiest springs on record. But the rain has created a new, unexpected problem: The deluge is washing fertilizer off the farms and into rivers that provide drinking water to much of the state. Public officials say the problem will pass, but others worry about... Read More »
Posted Jun 05, 2013
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For much of last year, Iowa's most pressing agricultural problem was a drought that baked farm fields and parched crops, turning them brown and crumbly. Then the skies finally opened up, providing one of the soggiest springs on record. But the rain has created a new, unexpected problem: The deluge is washing fertilizer off the farms and into rivers that provide drinking water to much of the state. Public officials say the problem will pass, but others worry about... Read More »
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