Via Iowa DNR Grace Smith | December 20, 2022 A two-mile portion of the Ocheyeden River dried up in September 2022 during extreme drought conditions and an increase in pumping by Osceola County and the Osceola County Rural Water System. This segment which dried up led to many aquatic lives to die. “It’s surreal,” said…
A two-mile stretch of the river near May City went dry last year, and the Department of Natural Resources determined the Osceola County Rural Water System was partly at fault.
A 2-mile stretch of the river near May City went dry last year, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources determined that the Osceola County Rural Water System was partly at fault.