Nitrate pollution is straining small water facilities in Iowa. What can these communities do when their water is undrinkable? Tune in to River to River on @iowapublicradio.org tomorrow at 12:20 PM CT to hear Sentient Editor-at-Large @ninaelkadi.com discuss her latest investigation:

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For six months in 2025, residents of Early, Iowa, found their water was unsafe to drink due to nitrate pollution. Early is far from alone, as small towns across rural America face tough questions. barnraisingmedia.com/what-happens...

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For half of last year, Early, Iowa's water was unsafe to drink due to low water levels — preventing them from being able to successfully run their nitrate-removal system. On resident says leaving is the “cheapest” solution. “I’m not going to sit here and bang my head against the fucking wall.”

Some Friday manure management reading for you, out today with @ajbeamer.bsky.social in @insideclimatenews.org and @sentientmedia.org: IDNR issued CAFOs ~$570K in manure-related fines over 5 years — mostly for paperwork, not pollution — even as manure spills into waterways and nitrate levels spike.

Another Democrat has entered the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture race: Iowa Farmer Wade Dooley, an ISU grad who lives and farms in Albion.