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A two-mile stretch of the river near May City went dry last year, and the Department of Natural Resources determined the Osceola County Rural Water System was partly at fault.

A 2-mile stretch of the river near May City went dry last year, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources determined that the Osceola County Rural Water System was partly at fault.

A two-mile stretch of the river near May City went dry last year, and the Department of Natural Resources determined the Osceola County Rural Water System was partly at fault.

A two-mile stretch of the river near May City went dry last year, and the Department of Natural Resources determined the Osceola County Rural Water System was partly at fault.

A two-mile stretch of the river near May City went dry last year, and the Department of Natural Resources determined the Osceola County Rural Water System was partly at fault.

The Osceola County Rural Water System has increased monitoring requirements when the Ocheyedan River gets low and might have to idle wells.

A rural water system in northwest Iowa would be required to idle its wells near the Ocheyedan River when its flow is too low, according to the Iowa DNRs plan.

A rural water utility would be required to idle wells near the Ocheyedan River to keep sufficient flow, under a new proposal.

A rural water utility in northwest Iowa wants to relax its state-mandated reporting requirements despite regulators’ finding that it contributed to a river running dry last year.

A rural water utility in northwest Iowa wants to relax its state-mandated reporting requirements despite regulators’ finding that it contributed to a river running dry last year.