Iowa Environmental Groups Are Suing the EPA over River Impairment Delistings

Iowa groups sue EPA over nitrate-impaired river action

Iowa environmental groups sued the EPA over its decision to remove seven nitrate-polluted rivers from the state’s impaired waters list.

Iowa environmental groups are suing the EPA over river impairment delistings

Several Iowa environmental groups are suing the EPA over its decision to remove parts of the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers from the state’s impaired waterways list.

EPA failing to protect Iowa from farm pollution in drinking water supplies, lawsuit alleges

US regulators illegally backed away from responsibilities related to pollution-laden waterways in Iowa after meeting with officials from the state’s powerful farm lobby,  according to a lawsuit filed Thursday. The lawsuit, filed by advocacy groups Food & Water Watch, Iowa Environmental Council and the Environmental Law & Policy Center, focuses on a July 2025 decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowing for the elimination of…

Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Iowa Waters Impaired by Cancer-Linked Nitrates

Today, Food & Water Watch, Iowa Environmental Council and the Environmental Law & Policy Center sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its July 2025 decision to, without scientific justification, delist seven impaired waterways from Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ 2024 303(d) Impaired Waters List. Groups are asking the Court to order that EPA relist the waters or, at the very least, issue a final determination that explains th…

Environmental groups sue over removal of waterways from impaired list

(Radio Iowa) – National and state environmental organizations are suing the E-P-A over last year’s decision to remove seven sections of Iowa rivers from the Impaired Waters List. Parts of the Cedar, Des Moines, Iowa and Raccoon rivers were removed from the list used to identify bodies of water that don’t meet water quality standards. Iowa Environmental Council lawyer Michael Schmidt says the decision pushes back water quality improvements. “D-N-…