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Resident questions county role in well monitoring and landfill oversight
Summary
A resident asked supervisors about groundwater monitoring, landfill closure monitoring and county authority over CAFOs and private wells; county staff outlined DNR oversight, testing options and a state well-plugging program.
Julie, a Winneshiek County resident, asked county officials during the meeting about how groundwater safety and landfill monitoring are managed and what recourse exists for contaminated private wells and inactive concentrated animal feeding operations.
The question prompted county staff to explain that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) oversees long-term monitoring of closed landfills and sets testing and certification standards for public water systems. "So many years it's monitored. It's…
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