| Montgomery County fertilizer spill kills nearly 750,000 fish | |
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Source: kcrg |
3/28/2024 |
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Credit: WSAW |
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced that the fertilizer spill that occurred in Montgomery County on March 11th, 2024, has resulted in nearly all the fish being killed in a 50-mile stretch of the East Nishnabotna River to the Missouri border. |
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New Cooperative notified the Iowa Department of Natural Resources following the spill that approximately 1,500 tons of liquid nitrogen fertilizer (32% solution) had discharged into a drainage ditch. Officials say the release occurred due to a valve left open on an aboveground storage tank overnight. The fertilizer then traveled from the drainage ditch into the East Nishnabotna River. |
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