About 265,000 gallons of liquid nitrogen fertilizer was released into the river.
Hundreds of thousands of fish were killed earlier this month in a nearly 50-mile stretch of the East Nishnabotna River to the Missouri border due to a fertilizer spill in Iowa, state officials said.On March 11, NEW Cooperative, Inc. in Red Oak reported to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources that a spill occurred on their Montgomery County premises.About 1,500 tons of liquid nitrogen fertilizer was released into a drainage ditch, which subsequently entered the East Nishnabotna River.
USDA AGAIN ASKS FOR HELP SQUASHING THESE INVASIVE BUGSAs of Thursday, it was reported that a total of 749,242 fish had been killed, with the most affected species being the minnows, shiners, dace and chubs at 707,871.Ongoing investigations are being conducted to determine the impact of the fertilizer release on other aquatic life.According to Iowa state codes, a permit is required to discharge pollutants into a river.
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