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Below is information linking you to some
of the science regarding water pollution and large-scale CAFOs:
Iowa Impaired Waters
List
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
2006
The Clean Water Act requires
states to keep a list of polluted water bodies in the state. The
Iowa Department of Natural Resources compiles this impaired water
list, or 303(d) listing. The 303(d) listing is composed of those
lakes, wetlands, streams, rivers, and portions of rivers that do
not meet all state water quality standards.
The 303(d) listing process
includes waters impaired by point sources and nonpoint sources
of pollutants. States must also establish a priority ranking for
the listed waters, taking into account the severity of pollution
and uses.
View a map of Iowa’s
impaired waters:
http://wqm.igsb.uiowa.edu/WQA/303d/2006/Draft_2006_Impaired_Waters_Map.pdf
View a list of Iowa’s
impaired waters:
http://wqm.igsb.uiowa.edu/WQA/303d/2006/Iowa_06-final-IR-Cat-5_303d-List.pdf
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Threatening Iowa's Future: Iowa's Failure to Implement and Enforce the Clean Water
Act for Livestock Operations
By Michele Merkel of the Environmental
Integrity Project
May 2004
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources
lacks the authority and resources to properly regulate the states’
livestock operations under the federal Clean Water Act, according
to a report released by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP),
a nonpartisan nonprofit group. The EIP report finds that Iowa has
failed to regulate thousands of major livestock operations, despite
federal laws clearly requiring the state to do so.
Read the full study here:
http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/pub194.cfm
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Iowa Impaired Waters List
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
2004
The Clean Water Act requires
states to keep a list of polluted water bodies in the state. The
Iowa Department of Natural Resources compiles this impaired water
list, or 303(d) listing. The 303(d) listing is composed of those
lakes, wetlands, streams, rivers, and portions of rivers that do
not meet all state water quality standards.
More than 225 of our lakes,
streams and rivers are on Iowa’s list of impaired waters.
And that pollution is constantly growing. Since 1998, the number
of our damaged waters has jumped by more than 40 percent.
The 303(d) listing process
includes waters impaired by point sources and nonpoint sources of
pollutants. States must also establish a priority ranking for the
listed waters, taking into account the severity of pollution and
uses.
View a map of Iowa’s
impaired waters:
http://wqm.igsb.uiowa.edu/WQA/303d/2004/2004FinalMap.pdf
View a list of Iowa’s
impaired waters:
http://wqm.igsb.uiowa.edu/WQA/303d/2004/2004Final303dlist.pdf
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Rivers in Iowa among the nation's most highly polluted
Des Moines Register Analysis
Perry Beeman, Register staff writer
March 24, 2006
A March 2006 anaysis by the Des Moines Register
reports that Iowa’s water-quality rank as some of the most
polluted in the nation – specifically fecal bacteria, phosphorous
and nitrogen pollution – all three of which can come from
large-scale factory farms.
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Concentrating on Clean Water
The Challenges of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Iowa Policy Project
By Dr. Carol Hodney
April 6, 2005
Large-scale animal livestock confinement
operations generate or pass on water-related costs that must be
addressed through public policies that protect producers, consumers
and the environment over the long term, according to a report. The
report for the nonpartisan Iowa Policy Project notes not only manure-management
challenges presented by such operations, but potential broader effects
on water quality and social and economic impacts in rural communities.
Stronger regulations and enforcement are needed to assure environmental
protection, according to the report.
Read the full study
here:
http://www.iowapolicyproject.org/2005docs/050406-cafo-fullx.pdf
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