Water samples taken in late 2013 from the South Relief Canal, which flows into the River Lagoon, in Florida, tested positive for three different herbicides that could compound pollution in the estuary. Sediment samples taken from the mouth of Taylor Creek has also tested positive for a chemical herbicide. After analyzing the samples, traces of
A national environmental organization labeled the Raccoon River one of the country’s most endangered because of toxic algae and nitrates. Des Moines Water Works called it a “catastrophe,” as the Raccoon is the major source for drinking water for a half-million Iowans. Des Moines Water Works, after dumping as much as $250,000 a year into