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'Save the Illinois River' Claims NWA Wastewater Effluent Fouling Watershed

'Save the Illinois River' Claims NWA Wastewater Effluent Fouling Watershed

The northeastern Oklahoma conservation group Save the Illinois River claims…

Ozarks at Large · Jacqueline Froelich

February 11, 20228m 24s

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The northeastern Oklahoma conservation group Save the Illinois River claims inadequate wastewater treatment in northwest Arkansas threatens downstream water quality in the river shared by both states. We hear from STIR cofounder Ed Brocksmith about the group's concerns and solutions, and Heath Ward, executive director of Springdale Water Utilties and a vice chair on the Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority.