Iowa alliance forms to counter DMWW suit

摘要

Des Moines, Iowa—An alliance called the Iowa Partnership for Clean Water has formed in response to the March lawsuit (GM March 16, p. 1) filed by Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) against three neighboring counties over nitrate pollution from farm runoff. The al liance is supported by the 1 owaFarm Bureau, and its board includes Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett, Des Moines City Council member Christine Hensley, and Patty Judge, Iowa's former lieutenant governor and secretary of agriculture.