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Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy 

Overview

The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy is a science and technology-based framework adopted as the policy for Iowa in May 2013 to assess and reduce nutrients to Iowa waters and the Gulf of Mexico. It is designed to direct efforts to reduce nutrients in surface water from both point and nonpoint sources in a scientific, reasonable, and cost-effective manner. The strategy outlines a pragmatic approach for reducing nutrient loads discharged from the state’s largest wastewater treatment...