AMES – DNR staff investigated a fish kill along Ioway Creek in Ames, Thursday, July 8 after a passerby noticed dead fish mid-morning and called the DNR.
The impacted area begins near the pedestrian bridge in Stuart Smith Park and continues south approximately a mile. Several different species and sizes of dead fish were observed in the area; however, live fish were observed at the Duff Avenue bridge.
DNR staff believe a water main break that happened late afternoon Wednesday on South Riverside Drive, which discharged approximately 700,000 gallons of drinking water according to the City of Ames, is to blame, but the investigation continues. The drinking water is believed to have entered into a nearby storm sewer that leads directly to Ioway Creek. Drinking water contains chlorine and has a temperature of 55 degrees, both of which can stress fish, especially during times of low flow such as now.
The water main was repaired and there is no on-going discharge. DNR Fisheries staff will be conducting a dead fish count and the DNR will determine appropriate enforcement action.
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Then just keep on drinking your chloride kool aid my fine feathered friend – You crt know it ALL. But only fools think they know it ALL.
If I knew it all, I wouldn’t be on this site because I would have moved far away and forgot about people like you who think science is only good for school.
This must be a real joke! Our drinking water kills fish -what the hell is it doing to OUR bodies? Fish can survive in filthy water and die when exposed to our drinking water – GOOD JOB PUBIC SERVANTS. Have only put bottled water in my body for the last 7 years. Plus stick your covid remedy.
what did you drink before that?
Too bad you don’t comprehend what you read.
Here is some science for you:
1. Research indicates that most bottled water contains microplastics, which may pose health risks.
2. One 2018 study Trusted Source, for example, tested 11 globally sourced brands of bottled water from nine different countries. The researchers found that 93% of the bottles showed some signs of microplastic contamination, and that they contained double the amount present in tap water.
3. Microplastics appear to fall within the same category of endocrine-disrupting chemicals as obesogensTrusted Source, affecting human, animal, and marine metabolism, reproduction, oxidative stress, and several other factors.
Number 3 makes me hope you don’t have children.
My kids would be just fine if they didn’t turn out stupid like you.
Stupid Like Him???
He just took you to school!!!
If you are looking for the stupid one just look in the mirror!!