Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement members turned in petition signatures to the State Department of Natural Resources calling for tougher enforcement of the Clean Water Act. ICCI’s Farm and Environment Organizer, Jess Mazour says the comments were on the DNR’s draft list of impaired waterways. She says issuing permits and calling for more accountability is needed.
Mazour says tougher rules and better enforcement are needed to protect the state’s waters.
She says the DNR needs more and better funding to be able to enforce state environmental regulations.
The DNR’s most recent list of impaired waterways in Iowa is at 725 up from 630 in 2012.
