Water Management in Iowa:
On the Thursday, August 28 edition
of The Iowa Journal
(Johnston, Iowa) - Thursday's episode of The Iowa Journal will explore water management in Iowa. This program airs Thursday, August 28 at a special time, 6:30 p.m. It will be rebroadcast Friday, August 29 at 6:30 p.m. on statewide Iowa Public Television. It will also be available online at Iptv.org.
Two-thirds of the water reaching Iowa's landscape goes directly to rivers, streams and lakes often causing flooding the likes of which were seen this summer in much of Iowa. This episode ofThe Iowa Journal will explore ways to control stormwater in both rural and urban areas. The show visits Okoboji, the first community in Iowa to adopt a city ordinance to mandate new construction, and expansion of existing residences or businesses, incorporate techniques to control stormwater that among other things, runs down driveways and off rooftops.
In the studio to talk about how all Iowans can help control stormwater runoff that often causes flooding, are Wayne Peterson, urban conservationist with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and Mary Skopec, supervisor of the Watershed Monitoring and Assessment Section of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
For more information about The Iowa Journal, visit www.iptv.org/iowajournal or call
(515) 242-3146.
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Iowa Public Television is Iowa's statewide public broadcasting network. IPTV provides quality, noncommercial programming to make a difference in the lives of Iowans. As one of the last locally controlled media enterprises in the state, IPTV is committed to telling Iowa's stories like no one else can. Our mission to educate, inform, enrich, and inspire Iowans enables IPTV to present an unequaled array of programs of lasting value to Iowans regardless of where they live or what they can afford. More than one million viewers a week turn to IPTV for programming that reflects a range of interests for Iowans in all demographic categories. Iowa Public Television stations include: Channel 11, Des Moines; Channel 12, Iowa City; Channel 21, Fort Dodge; Channel 24, Mason City; Channel 27, Sioux City; Channel 32, Waterloo; Channel 32, Council Bluffs; Channel 36, Davenport; Channel 36, Red Oak. IPTV-Digital stations include: Channel 11.1, Des Moines; Channel 12.1, Iowa City; Channel 21.1, Fort Dodge; Channel 24.1, Mason City; Channel 27.1, Sioux City; Channel 32.1, Waterloo; Channel 32.1, Council Bluffs; Channel 36.1, Red Oak; Channel 36.1, Davenport.
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