https://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/cjones/defending-paris/?doing_wp_cron=1608156220.2352430820465087890625

From Chris Jones
He is a research engineer at the U of Iowa. This is from his blog. We just
had our impaired waters list published and he comments on that too.  Thanks
to the Iowa Chapters Facebook page for pointing out his article.

Iowa’s water quality situation frequently reminds me of that old joke about
France. *Q:** How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris? **A:** Nobody
knows, because it’s never been tried before.* Honestly, at this point I can
only applaud the industry: they had the will to triumph, and triumph they
have. Your water and your pocketbook are the collateral damage.

He explains how much it costs to implement stormwater regulations in our
biggest cities. He then states:

"In the 2018 Iowa State University Rural Life Survey (3), 41% of farm
landlords stated THEY HAD SPENT NOTHING ON CONSERVATION over the PAST 10
YEARS COMBINED, and 78% of these folks had spent less than $5000. And this
is not per acre, it’s TOTAL. And folks, these are not poor people polluting
our water."

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*Debbie Neustadt *


*Des Moines, Iowa*

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