RIDGEWAY, Iowa – The DNR is investigating a manure spill about three miles north of Ridgeway, Iowa in Winneshiek County at a cattle confinement.
An estimated 5,000 to 10,000 gallons of manure reached the headwaters of Walnut Creek after a hose came apart during manure application. The spill occurred on the Kevin Moellers cattle confinement about 4 p.m. Tuesday. Moellers reported it to DNR at 8:10 a.m. Wednesday.
Moellers dammed the creek about a mile downstream and pumped water to his lagoon until the water ran clear. He reported there was no fish kill.
DNR staff from Manchester took several water samples and tested for ammonia Wednesday morning. Inspectors did not see any dead fish and confirmed field tests showed low levels of ammonia.
“They went to a lot of effort and destroyed some cropland to prevent the manure from going further,” said Clark Ott, DNR environmental inspector.
The DNR will monitor the cleanup and consider appropriate enforcement action.
DNR paid by the taxpayers – Work for the corporations – and that includes China’s owned CAFO’s in Iowa – crooked elected officials letting this happen. Sad !!!
I see plenty of frogs out and about. Fireflies too. But where are all the crawfish ? They are more in tuned to a healthy ecosystem then the above two creatures. And there gone for the most part. Those rivers are highways of pollution. Let’s see how many boats we can get on the area lake at one time pumping out pollutants. Antiquated school buses kicking out more second hand smoke in one day then all the tobacco smokers in the entire nation. Let’s not talk about the tractors. Yet common sense approaches to solutions give way to more new technologies that are costly and lack any real foresight. But hey your well funded enjoy the ride.
No dead fish kill – they were all killed during the last manure SPILL a few months back – fake news and fake DNR reports.
Yeah, but how else they gunna get their money in a job where all you need is a good pair of boots and excellent field craft skills. Oh, wait that what all high dollar technology is for to google it. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least they are now packing assault rifles to ward off poachers of the elephants that are now making a comeback in rural areas. lol