‘Drift-less Water Defenders’ to launch summer long campaign

OKOBOJI, Iowa (KTIV) - The clean water advocacy group, ‘Drift-less Water Defenders’ will begin a summer-long initiative aimed to engage Iowans in a conversation on Iowa’s declining water quality.

The “48 Lakes Initiative” will launch Saturday, May 24th with a series of informal gatherings at ten state-owned lakes that frequently have “swim not recommended” warnings due to unhealthy amounts of pollution.

One of those locations will be Lake Okoboji

The meeting will be held at Emerson Bay State Recreation Area at 11 AM.

Citizens are invited to meet and share their stories with each other.

Site specific pollution data will be provided during the meeting.

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