What the lawsuit is centering on is point source pollution, meaning the water that comes out of farm drainage tile. Farm drainage tile have been exemped from the point source rule. Industrial discharge pipes are monitored and must be clean but not farms. Nitrogen leaches down through the soil and ends up in the drainage tile and ultimately ends up in a river. I am in one of the counties named in the lawsuit and ironically the Raccoon river, the river the Des Moines water works draws its water from runs through the flatter part of my county. We in the flat region probably have more drainage tile than the hillier areas. Last summer we had record amounts of rainfall in this area and that probably moved more nitrogen down into the tile lines. Im still not chear on who will pay the bill if the DMWW wins. They are suing the drainage districts. Who exactly is the drainage district? The landowners? The farmers? They are going after the board of supervisors but they arent in control of the water that drains into the drainage districts. All they control is the maintenance of the drainage. Lots of loose ends here.
My county is split almost down the middle by a continental divide. The west approximate half drains to the Missouri river and the east half drains to the Mississippi, via the Raccoon river. The missouri doesnt come anywhere close to Des Moines. I dont see how the west half of the county can be included in this lawsuit.
This post was edited by fixerupper at 10:30:19 03/29/15.
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