Water Pollution

On a recent trip to Austin, Texas I was surprised to see the terrible condition of the Colorado River flowing through the center of the city. As expected, Austin is a progressive city with lots of young neo-hippies milling about, creating fantastic music. Unfortunately, I didn't see much evidence that Austin is working to clean up the pollution and trash in its waters. Ugh!

This prompted me to look into the river/lake pollution in Minneosta (my home) and Nebraska (where I was raised). There is bad, bad news for Nebraska. Check out this site listing the Nebraskan cities/companies responsible for enormous pollution violations. Nebraska is WAY WORSE than Iowa and Kansas with the level of water pollution. I am especially concerned about the people we know in West Point, and my family in Newman Grove and Columbus.