No drainage districts here, but meeting on water works suit draws interest

GREENE — Butler County, which has many natural waterways, contains no formal drainage districts, say several department heads, and the Butler County Auditor's Office does not tax for any such districts, Auditor Lizbeth Williams said.
  However, several Butler County water bodies appear on the 2012 state impaired waters list. The Department of Natural Resources sets priorities for addressing pollutant discharge.
  The state's nutrient water pollution reduction strategy is currently voluntary — the legislation is called the Voluntary Nutrient Reduction Strategy.
  However, a Des Moines utility hopes to change that in a case in federal court ...
  Carrie Fisher, a clean water issues specialist with Citizens for Community Improvement ... spoke about CCI's advocacy for tighter regulation on what is currently considered non-point pollution, in a meeting at the Greene Public Library community room on Wednesday. The meeting was organized by the Butler County Democrats; however, this portion was open to the public.
  Read more in the April 30 Butler County Tribune-Journal and Clarksville Star, on page 4.