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NEMWI to Host Briefing on Cost of Nitrate Removal from the Mississippi River
UPDATED TIME from 1:30-3:30.
Due to a last minute change of schedule by the Senate Rules Committee, the briefing had to be changed to 1:30. NEMWI
apologizes
for any inconvenience.
Nitrate pollution and the cost of removing excess nitrates from drinking water are increasing at water utilities in the Mississippi River Basin, according to a soon-to-be-released study by the Northeast-Midwest Institute. After a year of research in which ten years of data are analyzed, the study shows that levels of nitrate in source water exceeding EPA standards are occurring with increasing frequency, especially in the second half of the ten year period. The resulting increases in water treatment costs highlight the need to control for nitrate pollution, which the study found to be primarily a result of fertilizers used in agriculture.
NEMWI will host a congressional briefing on full results of the study and its policy implications on Wednesday, May 23rd, from 1:30-3:00 PM. More information including a list of panelists will be published in the near future.
When: Wednesday, May 23, UPDATED TIME from 1:30-3:30
Where: SVC 200
If you have any questions on the briefing, please contact Eric Heath, Senior Policy Counsel, at eheath@nemw.org.
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