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State Supreme Court hears arguments in water quality lawsuit
The Supreme Court heard the arguments online.
The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case where the state is asking that a lawsuit by environmental groups that challenge the strategy for handling farm runoff into the Raccoon River be dismissed.
A district court allowed the lawsuit to proceed. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement attorney, Brent Newell, argues the Nutrient Reduction Strategy the state put in place does not protect the ability to use the river for recreation and drinking water.
“The legislature has exempted agricultural non-point-sources, the state concedes this. The legislature has doubled down and declared voluntary to be the official policy of the state,” Newell says.