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Iowa's Water Crisis and the Governor's Race | Minneapolis News
Iowa’s water crisis is heating up the governor’s race as cancer rates climb and nitrates from fertilizer poison rivers and private wells. Both candidates, Rob Sand and Zach Lahn, are making clean water central to their platforms—with Sand offering wetland tax breaks and Lahn spotlighting rising cancer rates. Farmers are adopting strip tilling to reduce runoff, but many say voluntary efforts aren’t enough. A state-approved water quality program remains unfunded, and while emergency lawn watering bans have lifted, Des Moines’ water utility is expanding nitrate removal. This battle for clean…
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