There is no reason to bash farmers in general, there is pollution from farming and from residential.
There are pretty strict rules on the larger confinement systems, so I think they are doing fine.
There are basically no rules on non point source runoff or tile outlets, that is where I believe most of the issues are. I see it as I drive around, some farmers do a great job of controlling this and other do a terrible job. The creeks in Iowa are basically drainage ditches, most have been channelized with little or no greenspace and tiles dump right into them. One that bugs the snot out of me is the Kinze properties along I80. There are a couple of creeks going through those farms, that have been channelized, farmed right up to the edge and tiles dumping into them., It kind of reminds me of the pictures from the Mexican slums.
Another issue here is the smaller cattle operations, that allow the livestock to graze the stream beds, which damages the banks and adds ecoli.
I do not believe in voluntary, because the people that would do it with regulations are already doing it, and the ones that need regulation will not do it without.
To me, no on has the right to pollute the water, stream restoration and tiles run into wetland areas would greatly help water quality. Industrial businesses have to comply, so should farmers, as it is a business, which I think no one would argue with.
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