Iowa Partnership for Clean Water....

[joelbc1]

Bill Stowe is NOT the issue here. Clean water is.

Quit hiding behind your skirts and face the music. Come up with a workable solution to correct the problem (dirty, polluted and unsafe drinking water) and quit blaming Bill Stowe for the problem.
The Iowa Partnership for Clean Water smacks of Terry Branstad and The Farm Bureau. These two have a long and well documented history of avoiding controversy by dirtying up the waters surrounding a given issue. This action and the resultant commercials, certainly support this thought. Plus, by demonizing on man for this problem (the only man who is publicly trying to find a solution), the tone of your current ad quite frankly, places Bill Stowe's well-being in jeopardy.
I challenge the Partnership to find a solution and not ignore the health and safety of approximately 1Million Iowans.

 

[JRHawk2003]

Good luck with that.

Stowe deserves credit for forcing a solution. Not sure the legislature will do much given that its an election year, but some of them realize that either they do something or the feds will.

Perhaps if cities put "Cost for Nitrate and Phosphorus Removal from Ag Run-Off" on their water bills it would get things moving.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Stop being a pussy and just buy a Brita already.

 

[joelbc1]

Good luck with that.

Stowe deserves credit for forcing a solution. Not sure the legislature will do much given that its an election year, but some of them realize that either they do something or the feds will.

Perhaps if cities put "Cost for Nitrate and Phosphorus Removal from Ag Run-Off" on their water bills it would get things moving.

It would be a start, JR. Then ofcourse, Branstad and the Farm Bureau folks would combat that with the abuse of fertilizers by urban dwellers.....

 

[joelbc1]

Stop being a pussy and just buy a Brita already.

Yeah...that works.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Yeah...that works.

I know it does. Look, there has been "dirty" water since the beginning of time. It isn't feasible to clean every single drop of water in this world.

 

[joelbc1]

I know it does. Look, there has been "dirty" water since the beginning of time. It isn't feasible to clean every single drop of water in this world.

Are you familiar with this situation Nole? It has been going on for decades here...and the source has been pretty much isolated, in this case. DSM Waterworks...a PRIVATE entity responsible for providing clean, safe and potable water for approximately 1/4 of the state's residents has had to spend MILLIONS of $$ extra to reduce nitrate levels and make the water it processes safe. The cause is man-made. The government refuses to address the problem. Costs keep spiraling and no real accommodation is in the future. The Director of the Waterworks has decided to find a solution come hell or high water (no pun intended).
The opposition has decided to personalize the issue making the Director of the Waterworks the "bad guy," With the state of things in this country being what they are, the advertisement does place the Director's safety in some degree of jeopardy. Laugh as you want, but Planned Parenthood and Colorado Springs needs to be an ingredient in any conscious response. The Iowa Clean Water folks failed to do this.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Are you familiar with this situation Nole? It has been going on for decades here...and the source has been pretty much isolated, in this case. DSM Waterworks...a PRIVATE entity responsible for providing clean, safe and potable water for approximately 1/4 of the state's residents has had to spend MILLIONS of $$ extra to reduce nitrate levels and make the water it processes safe. The cause is man-made. The government refuses to address the problem. Costs keep spiraling and no real accommodation is in the future. The Director of the Waterworks has decided to find a solution come hell or high water (no pun intended).
The opposition has decided to personalize the issue making the Director of the Waterworks the "bad guy," With the state of things in this country being what they are, the advertisement does place the Director's safety in some degree of jeopardy. Laugh as you want, but Planned Parenthood and Colorado Springs needs to be an ingredient in any conscious response. The Iowa Clean Water folks failed to do this.

You know of this situation and you're still in favor of giving the government more power? Wow...

 

[joelbc1]

You know of this situation and you're still in favor of giving the government more power? Wow...

THere has been NO solution...that is why the Waterworks (a non-governmental organization) is taking this fight to the Courts. The problem is NOT resolving itself as the governor, The Farm Bureau and this PAC contend it is. It has gotten worse.

 

[JRHawk2003]

I know it does. Look, there has been "dirty" water since the beginning of time. It isn't feasible to clean every single drop of water in this world.

No, it has not been full of nitrogen and phosphorous since the beginning of time. Algae blooms and a giant dead spot in the Gulf of Mexico are not naturally occurring.

It would be great if we didn't need government to solve it via regulation, but lets see a serious proposal. Ron Corbett gets it at least

 

[NoleSoup4U]

THere has been NO solution...that is why the Waterworks (a non-governmental organization) is taking this fight to the Courts. The problem is NOT resolving itself as the governor, The Farm Bureau and this PAC contend it is. It has gotten worse.

Yeah, I saw you label them a private company earlier in the thread. Do you perchance know what corporatism is?

 

[fan_4_life]

So the largest urban area in the state is suffering from unclean drinking water but it is rural Iowa's fault? Ok

 

[JRHawk2003]

Yes, because its up from upstream and flows down the Des Moines River and is caused by ag runoff. Not sure why the concept of a watershed is hard for people to grasp.

 

[Err.]

The amount of nitrogen in the water Des Moines uses for drinking water is higher than what wastewater treatment plants in California will soon be allowed to discharge.

 

[LunchBox50]

So the largest urban area in the state is suffering from unclean drinking water but it is rural Iowa's fault? Ok

You can't be this stupid.

 

[JRHawk2003]

Thats interesting since its a huge problem in the Mississippi River basin. I am sure its a problem there too though.

 

[soybean]

I'm just gonna go ahead and short hand this issue for you... the Iowa Farm Bureau sucks.