 Losses of various forms of the major nutrients, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), from agricultural lands to water resources in the Upper Mississippi River Sub-Basin and throughout the Corn Belt threaten the health of both humans and aquatic systems. In addition, nutrient losses from the five-state region, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, as well as other Corn-Belt states, contribute to hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Currently, the States, with guidance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are developing water quality criteria for nutrients in flowing (rivers and streams) and standing (lakes and reservoirs) waters. This website will serve as a receptacle for and the exchange of information towards that goal.
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Workshop proceedings now available |
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Written by Brent Pringnitz
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Friday, 25 April 2008 |
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The Final Report: Gulf Hypoxia and Local Water Quality Concerns Workshop is now available online. This 224-page document is the final product of the workshop held September 26-28, 2005 at Iowa State University in Ames.
Although the information in this document has been funded wholly or in part by the U.S. EPA under assistance agreeement MX98780601 to Iowa Depatment of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), it hs not been subjected to the Agency's publications review process and therefore, may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.
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