Progress by the Twelve States of the Hypoxia Task Force.

• Author: Johnson, Christopher

ARKANSAS

In three watersheds, landowners installed protections that retained 7.000 pounds of phosphorus and 10,000 pounds of nitrogen.

ILLINOIS

Fifty-three municipal wastewater management facilities are developing Nutrient Assessment Reduction Plans to reduce phosphorus.

INDIANA

In 2020, the Indiana Conservation Partnership reported reductions of 2.2 million pounds of nitrogen and 1.1 million pounds of phosphorus.

IOWA

Approximately 3,500 acres of land have been treated with bioreactors and buffers, but according to the Iowa Environmental Council, progress is too slow.

KENTUCKY

The Kentucky Division of Water issues regular reports on nutrients in major tributaries of the Ohio River.

LOUISIANA

The Environmental Integrity Project reports that more than 90 percent of Louisiana's waterways are impaired because of nutrient pollution.

MINNESOTA

In 2015, Minnesota's legislature passed a buffer law requiring buffers of perennial vegetation along waterways.

MISSISSIPPI

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has implemented Delta Nutrient Reduction Strategies in seven watersheds.

MISSOURI

In 2019, Missouri farmers...