Following the establishment of the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act in 1987, IDALS developed an inventory of ag drainage wells in the state and found there were 300, with a majority in Humboldt ...

“The groundwater in Iowa is a public resource. It belongs to you, to me, to everyone. The water used has to be beneficial to the general public as well, and in the public’s interest, and not ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Eastern Iowa Airport will purchase a residential property just south of the airport. In 2020, a University of Iowa professor tested multiple water wells surrounding ...

The project began in 1987 with the passage of the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act. State officials determined about 300 structures had been drilled to drain water, so fields could be planted with ...

Closed agricultural drainage wells have a cover like this. (Photo courtesy of Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship) The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced ...