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Iowa (RI) — The Iowa Environmental Council says the clean water proposal approved in the last days of the legislative session does nothing new. IEC Senior Director of Policy and Programs Kerri Johansen says the plans touts hundreds of millions of dollars spent on water quality.
Johansen says the bill did not fund the state-of-the-art University of Iowa’s real-time water monitoring system, and instead gives money to the DNR for monthly testing. She says the DNR does not provide clearly understandable data from its testing. Johansen says this plan doesn’t get everyone involved.
Johansen says we need to understand where practices are going to have the most impact to deploy them there.
Johansen says mainly what’s included in the nutrient reduction strategy are edge-of-field practices.
Johansen made her comments in a conference call with reporters.
