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Karyn Wood Ph@pu33¥ :
Huge waste of money. Let’s build a polluted water park?
2025-07-19 16:22:59
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Valerie Green :
Yikes let's spend the money to clean it first and put in long term changes via legislation to prevent it from getting worse
2025-07-19 17:15:02
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Thomas :
$20 says it gets delayed for a year or two, ends up only being about 1/3 of the size as originally planned and still goes over the original budget, and the improvements will not be maintained for more than 5 years
2025-07-19 18:26:31
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timeforrest2 :
Yes, to keep local support you need local engagement with the river. That makes the case for those
2025-07-21 18:16:05
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motherhen9208 :
I like the idea, but I’m not really interested in recreation in a river full of nitrates and pesticides. There’s a reason Iowa has one of the nations highest cancer rates
2025-07-19 18:47:31
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Geoff :
I mean, the Nitrates tho?
2025-07-19 16:43:47
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Almond :
We have to accept that Iowa is a giant farm, Des Moines will never be a great livable city with that happening
2025-07-20 10:28:24
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Dani :
I live next door to it. they've been working on that rec space on the water for two years. and hang a boat by a crane so it doesn't get stolen at night 😂 looks like they're actually making progress on it this summer tho
2025-07-20 03:02:24
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clayrebear :
I don’t know about the chemicals, but feels bad to swim in it if we wouldn’t drink it.
2025-07-19 20:22:01
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Heather Ann :
We just did this in Cedar Falls with the Cedar River… waters still nasty, just with kayak access.
2025-07-21 11:37:51
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lalababy04 :
i used to row on the des moines river daily and trust me you do not want to be swimming in that 😭😭😭😭
2025-07-22 12:16:44
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Bearcoon :
maybe if farmers quit using it for runoff of the chemicals on their fields, it would be healthier. Just a thought
2025-07-20 03:48:15
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JP :
The second that river floods the majority that work will be undone. Good idea but not the best place for execution.
2025-07-20 03:23:16
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Thatguy461 :
iowa is 100 years behind the rest of the country cleaning up their water. we could have nice things, but we can't afford to buy our own politicians.
2025-07-20 21:44:37
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Jason Gast :
The river is gross and nobody with any right mind wants to get in it.
2025-07-22 11:47:51
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Scott :
it will go great with the millions spent on downtown revitalization in cedar falls right next to the waste water treatment plant
2025-07-22 00:02:30
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Michael Gass :
it'll be closed due to nitrate levels for most of the time. it'll barely get used because of that.
2025-07-20 00:36:24
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FranklinFuego :
This will never be a reality until farming waste is held in check and corporations like Monsanto are held responsible.
2025-07-21 15:17:16
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Unaffiliated :
I wouldn’t go in there
2025-07-19 17:43:23
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Chacha :
25 years ago I used to go boating with friends on the river. 😬
2025-07-19 21:16:27
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Whataboutit88 :
Yay. No.
2025-07-19 17:56:07
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1000PitaAce :
@JTTheIowaInvestigator ✌️💪🙏🏻😉
2025-07-19 18:17:19
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ty :
😭😭😭
2025-07-25 23:58:55
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millelacs99 :
😂 🤪 😂
2025-07-20 08:06:33
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NolanBeck26 :
Just because you build a recreational area on the water doesn’t mean people will want to touch that disgusting water. This is a photo I took a while back of the Des Moines river, yall really wanna touch this water?
2025-07-21 14:21:41
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