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NOTEBOOK: Here’s what IOWA stands for

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Des Moines Water Works chief Bill Stowe speaks a lot about his utility’s federal lawsuit against drainage districts in northwest Iowa and the agricultural pollution that prompted it. He has found himself speaking more and more outside of Iowa, too. It is during those visits that Stowe has adopted a new laugh line. “I tell them I need a T-shirt that says, ‘IOWA: I Owe Wildlife an Apology.”