Iowa lawmakers introduce Surface Water Protection Act
A new initiative to improve Iowa's water quality has been pupt forward by a bipartisan group of state lawmakers. The result of a two-year watershed planning task force, the Surface Water Protection Act is aimed at identifying problems and preventing pollution in Iowa's largest lakes, rivers and creeks. 'Iowa needs a coordinated effort to clean up our surface water and improve water quality,' said Deb Ryun of the Conservation Districts of Iowa, who co-chaired the Watershed Quality Planning Task Force.
'We aren't going to make progress until we assess each watershed and get all of the stakeholders in each watershed to work together,' she said.
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