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Northey Welcomes Water Works Lawsuit Dismissal

Clay Masters
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IPR
Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey appears alongside Governor Terry Branstad at the unveiling of a wetland demonstration project in 2013.

  A federal judge has dismissed The Des Moines Water Works lawsuit against three counties, claiming their agricultural drainage districts have been sending nitrate pollution into the rivers the water utility uses for drinking water. The lawsuit has been a hot button issue across Iowa and country because if the utility had been successful it could have regulated farming.

Clay Masters is the senior politics reporter for MPR News.