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.
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