How Most of Our Water Gets Polluted
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
In the U.S., agriculture poses the greatest threat to water quality and is single-handedly impairing drinking water supplies across the country
In Iowa, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) states that 92 percent of the nitrogen and 80 percent of the phosphates in waterways are the result of industrial farms and CAFOs
More than half (58 percent) of the rivers and streams in Iowa fall short of federal water quality standards, making them unsuitable for swimming and fishing, while another 23 percent are โpotentially impairedโ
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also states that manure from industrial agriculture is the primary source of nitrogen and phosphorus in U.S. waterways
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