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Rivers at risk: Read about your city’s water pollution concerns

Rivers at risk: Read about your city’s water pollution concerns

Every day, South Dakota’s 20 most populous cities dump 49.2 million gallons of treated human and industrial wastewater into state rivers and creeks. Here is a look at those 20 cities and how they process wastewater, what it costs, recent inspection results, and how much is dumped where.

Rivers at risk: Pollution problems persist as state oversight lags

Rivers at risk: Pollution problems persist as state oversight lags

Part of a series of stories examining river quality in South Dakota.

Rivers at risk: SD waterways serve as dumping grounds for human, industrial, ag wastes

Rivers at risk: SD waterways serve as dumping grounds for human, industrial, ag wastes

Part of a series.

Bridge program pits S.D. counties against each other for limited money

South Dakota’s counties and cities are making progress in the overwhelming task of repairing and replacing hundreds of deteriorating bridges. But the competition for state grant money that helps with costs is increasingly aggressive, in some cases pitting counties with more money against those who have little in the

Cyanide devices remain part of predator control efforts in SD

Despite growing national pressure to end their use, small devices that issue a deadly dose of cyanide into the mouths of animals such as coyotes and foxes remain in use in South Dakota. The devices, known officially as M-44s but referred to as “cyanide bombs” by opponents, are part of

New public-private plan could aid polluted Black Hills gold mine

LEAD, S.D. – A Canadian gold mining company has agreed to help clean up South Dakota’s most contaminated industrial site. The agreement is part of a trend of public-private partnerships that could expedite remediation of America’s polluted lands and waterways. Agnico Eagle Mines of Toronto has entered into

New federal plan emerges to save SD habitat and species in peril

BUFFALO NATIONAL GAP GRASSLAND, S.D. – Since 1937, South Dakota and other states have relied on the same inadequate federal funding plan to help save endangered species. Since then, those revenues have proven to be uneven and generally in decline. Coupled with human population growth and destruction of wildlife habitat,