The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is working to develop a reporting and data collection system to better understand recycling in the state. In an online stakeholder meeting Tuesday about a study comparing other states’ data collection methods, DNR staff said regular data on recycling streams and collection will help with efforts to improve solid […]

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a wastewater discharge from the City of Keokuk into the Mississippi River.  According to a news release from the DNR, the city reported it had an “ongoing” wastewater bypass due to malfunctioning equipment and a partially clogged line in the city’s wastewater collection system.  It is unknown […]

A group of environmental organizations allege in a lawsuit that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources granted illegal discharge permits to a coal plant and its landfill in Ottumwa.  The lawsuit, filed by Environmental Law & Policy Center, Iowa Environmental Council and Sierra Club, follows several years of actions between the environmental groups, DNR and […]

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday it had treated an area of West Okoboji Lake for Eurasian watermilfoil, an invasive aquatic plant, and that it will host a public meeting to discuss forthcoming shoreline restoration efforts. Nearly 100 segments of shoreline along the Iowa Great Lakes were damaged by flooding in 2024, including […]