Mount Vernon, IA– Together with water quality professionals, the area chapter of Iowa Women for Water completed the third year of its local water data collection program. As they did in 2023 & 2024, teams collected water samples from local streams April-October 2025. “We’ve joined the Isaac Walton League and other environmental organizations concerned about water quality in Iowa,” says Laura Krause, local Iowa Women for Water chapter member and owner of Abbe Hills Farm. “Folks want to see for themselves what’s in our water. They’ve read or heard that Iowa’s streams and rivers are polluted and are sharing what they learn with lawmakers.”
Five teams, consisting of 18 local residents, measured nitrates and other pollutants in the water. The data is consolidated and presented by project leader Dr. Marty St. Clair, former chemistry professor now working in research at the University of Iowa College of Engineering.
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