DES MOINES, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - The Izaak Walton League of America’s Iowa division has started a grassroots campaign to raise funds for a water quality monitoring program, formerly funded by the state, at the University of Iowa.

The Iowa Water Quality Information System, or IWQIS , gives real-time measures of pH, nitrate, dissolved oxygen, discharge rates and temperature in streams across the state. But funding for the program was diverted by the state Legislature in 2023 and the system is poised to shut down if funding doesn’t come through by July 2026.

Dale Braun, president of the Iowa Division of the Izaak Walton League of America, said the monitoring network plays a “vital role” in protecting public health and “environmental resilience” for rural and municipal water

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