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As part of MPR's “Trouble in the Water” series, MPR’s Mark Zdechlik reports on the Whitewater River, a waterway that symbolizes trouble in Minnesota waters.

The Whitewater, southeastern Minnesota's iconic trout stream, is known nationally for its pristine beauty and fishing. Yet the rains turn it, temporarily, into a kill zone due to pollutants flowing in from area agriculture.

Report is first in an eight-part series.

Click links below for other parts of series:

part 2: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2016/05/17/trouble-in-the-water-random-acts-of-conservation-water-quality-depends-on-farmers

part 3: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2016/05/18/trouble-in-the-water-should-farmers-or-city-pay-to-clean-the-water-iowa

part 4: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2016/05/19/trouble-in-the-water-northern-minnesotas-st-louis-river-comes-back-to-life

part 5: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2016/05/20/trouble-in-the-water-saving-minnesotas-polluted-lakes-takes-science-political-will

part 6: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2016/05/23/trouble-in-the-water-from-septics-to-sewers-on-rainy-lakes-south-shore

part 7: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2016/05/24/trouble-in-the-water-dogs-as-sentinelsbluegreen-algae-brings-toxic-mystery

part 8: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2016/05/25/trouble-in-the-water-in-battle-to-keep-lead-from-water-st-paul-digs-deep

Awarded:

2016 MBJA Eric Sevareid Award, award of merit in Series - Large Market Radio category

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