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Stories Tagged "water quality"

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Living with Future Floods in Iowa - Rural Issues

posted on June 2, 2009 at 2:03 PM

Living with Future Floods in Iowa - Rural Issues Since 1980, Iowa has recorded at least 230 river flooding events. Is it time for Iowa to change the way it deals with floods? Can more be done to slow runoff from the rural landscape? What can urban areas do to reduce the damage? Can Iowa get better at predicting floods?

Discussion: Municipal Sewage Treatment & Water Quality in Iowa

posted on May 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM

Discussion: Municipal Sewage Treatment & Water Quality in Iowa Water pollution's effects on aquatic life and the humans who recreate in the river are discussed by Susan Heathcoate, Water Program Director with the Iowa Environmental Council, and Wayne Gieselman, Division Administrator of the Environmental Services Division of the Iowa DNR.

Pollution in Iowa's Rivers and Streams

posted on May 6, 2008 at 3:03 PM

Pollution in Iowa's Rivers and Streams The Iowa Journal visits Boone and Sheldahl, two communities facing fines until they moved forward with costly upgrades of their underground municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities.

Discussion: Green Living and Eliminating Household Toxins

posted on May 6, 2008 at 1:27 PM

Discussion: Green Living and Eliminating Household Toxins author and consultant Linda Mason Hunter and Lynnae Hentzen, Executive Director of the Center on Sustainable Communities in Iowa, discuss ways to breathe easier in our homes.

Green Products and Healthy Home Interiors

posted on May 6, 2008 at 12:51 PM

Green Products and Healthy Home Interiors Indoor air quality is often worse than outdoor air quality. A toxic brew of synthetic chemicals found in building materials, furnishings, and cleaning products may be making you sick.

Discussion: Iowa's Water Quality and Quantity

posted on January 31, 2008 at 7:36 PM

Rich Leopold and L.D. McMullen discuss important issues concerning Iowa's water quality and management.

Global Warming's Impact on Iowa

posted on October 26, 2007 at 6:30 PM

Global Warming's Impact on Iowa Gene Takle, an ISU scientist and member of the U.N.'s Nobel-winning scientists, and David Osterberg, a former Iowa lawmaker known for his interest in environmental matters, discuss what global warming means for Iowa.