A state-led effort to identify and close dozens of ag drainage wells in Iowa has been completed. The project began in 1987 with the passage of the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act. State officials determined about 300 structures had been drilled to drain water, so fields could be planted with crops. The last group of uncapped […]
Eastern Iowa landfill turning methane into natural gas
There’s a new facility at a landfill in Davenport that allows the methane gas from decomposing trash to be collected and