Runoff from livestock facilities and farm fields poses a grave threat to the Raccoon River, a major drinking water source for 500,000 Des Moines metro residents, placing it among the nation s 10 most-endangered waterways for 2021, a new report says.
It s the first time the Raccoon River, which runs from northwest Iowa to Des Moines, has been placed on the annual Most Endangered Rivers list from American Rivers, an influential Washington, D.C., environmental advocacy nonprofit that has been producing the list since 1986.
“We’re sounding the alarm because pollution in the Raccoon River is putting drinking water supplies and public health at risk,” said Olivia Dorothy, American Rivers Upper Mississippi River Basin director.
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Snake River Is Named Most Endangered River of 2021
The Weather Channel 2 hrs ago Jan Wesner Childs
The Snake River is the most endangered river in the United States, according to the environmental group American Rivers.
The group, which has released its annual list of the 10 most fragile riverways each year since 1998, cited four federal dams, climate change and poor water quality as the biggest threats to the river.
“No river is in more need of bold, urgent action than the Snake, Amy Souers Kober, a spokesperson for the organization, said in a video released Tuesday along with the list and a 23-page report.