It didn’t take Daniel Damm long to figure out why the water from his faucets suddenly turned black. His well was running dry because the turkey farm up the road near Willmar had sucked down the local aquifer. Last year, Minnesotans used a record amount of water, fueling a rising number of conflicts from the Iron Range to Pipestone. “It’s scary,” said Dennis Healy, who runs the Pipestone Rural Water System in southwest Minnesota. “The time is coming that there is going to have to be some rationing.” In the short term, that means farmers and businesses may have to share water with competitors, or even leave the state. strib.mn/VFQzof#rJpBkBMvSb4F5BZO.01
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:44:14 +0000
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