CAFO operator Frank Pravecek of Bon Homme County violated DENR rules by having too many cattle on his feedlot. Neighbor Sharon neth turned him in…
Tag: water
Amidst the wreckage of last week’s election, an eager reader pointed out one shiny gem: sane people committed to sensible government kicked litigious yahoos off…
Agropur plans to pump two million gallons of its cheese-plant wastewater into the Big Sioux River. The main health concern from that water is its…
The Hamlin County Commission appear willing to break the law—or at least test it sorely—to favor Canadian cheese maker Agropur and its wastewater pipeline. At…
Skyler Anders and Shelby Johnson of Rapid City have been charged with intentional damage to property and petty theft for the now infamous destruction of Poets’…
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources closes public comment tomorrow on the wastewater disposal pipeline that Agropur wants to build from its expanding Lake…
South Dakota’s next big pipeline won’t carry oil; it’ll carry wastewater from Agropur’s Lake Norden cheese plant to the Big Sioux River. According to documents…
Lake Mitchell, the 90-year-old reservoir north of Mitchell, is so full of algae that the city is considering draining the lake to remove the nutrient-laden…
Funny—unlike the Nelson/Goodwin “Patriots”, Dakota Rural Action and the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance are fighting a real threat to our well-being, mining pollution in…
Good policy does occasionally make it through the South Dakota Legislature. House Agriculture and Natural Resources took its turn this morning at House Bill 1119, an…