Article: 21 lakes

21 lakes, rivers off impaired list

But state adds 10 others because of polluted water

By JESSICA HANSEN jhansen@journalsentinel.com

Wednesday, September 11, 2002

The state plans to remove 21 river segments from its proposed impaired waterways list, but 10 lakes and rivers are expected to be added to the list this year because of poor water quality.

Five creeks in Dunn, Buffalo and Crawford counties were dropped from the list after the state Department of Natural Resources, which compiled the list, found better farm management practices led to improved water quality.

An additional 12 waterways were removed because the DNR found redundancies or mistakes in an earlier list.

"The fact that we ...

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