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Residents raise water contaminant concerns and question MidAmerican payout at Waukee open forum
Summary
During open forum residents urged testing for herbicides and PFAS in city water and asked how a potential MidAmerican sale payment would be used; councilors acknowledged receipt and noted allocations have not been set.
At the start of the Waukee City Council meeting on March 3, two residents used the open forum to raise public-health and utility concerns.
Veronica Lach, who identified herself as a soil and water conservation commissioner for Dallas County, said recent tests show elevated levels of atrazine and glyphosate in area water since 2019 and urged the city to use "a really good lab with the equipment that is needed to test…
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