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