Posted inEnvironment, IowaWatch

South Dakota Waterways Serve As Dumping Grounds For Human, Industrial, Ag Wastes

While Iowa takes most of the blame, nutrient loading of Great Plains waterways that flow into the Missouri River, then to the Mississippi River and eventually to the Gulf of Mexico are causing a literal dead zone in the Gulf that is steadily increasing in size.

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