GRANVILLE — A manure release from a dairy barn in Iowa resulted in a fish kill.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources staff followed up on a manure release from a dairy barn about three miles south of Granville in Sioux County.
They found the manure had moved downstream roughly five miles from the dairy barn. Although ice covered parts of the creek, they found stressed fish, and some dead chubs and minnows in Deep Creek.
Owner Nate Zuiderveen is looking at pumping contaminated water from the stream.
Manure had backed up into the dairy barn, and then flowed into an underground tile line. It’s unknown how much manure reached the stream.
DNR will monitor clean up, keep checking the stream and consider appropriate enforcement action.
5 thoughts on “Manure release from dairy barn in Iowa results in fish kill”
Manure is not that bad. Wait until we need to dispose of all the toxic metals from electric car batteries.
This happens way to many times. They need to make the fines hurt until it is cheaper to clean up their barns.
Timewasters.
Manure? Nah, that is just the trumplicans having a party.
Mixing drinks for libs…come get it