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Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms
The city spent about $16,000 a day on emergency treatment as warmer winters and runoff pushed nitrate levels higher, officials said.
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Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms
Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter. That's forcing the state's largest city, Des Moines, to run an expensive nitrate removal system that they usually only use in the summer.
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When pollution worsens enough in rivers that supply drinking water to the largest city in Iowa, Des Moines costs about $16,000 a day to operate a special system to filter dangerous nitrates. It is an inevitable fact in the state, which depends on agriculture, and climate change further worsens the problem of water quality.
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