Fertilizer that helps crops grow contains high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus, and as these nutrients run off fields and urban areas into the Mississippi River they contribute to mass algae growth that steals oxygen from other aquatic life.
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Posted inArkansas Blog
State Agriculture Department wants input on a water plan
The state has seen its share of water problems, with fear of aquifers drying up and infrastructure failures such as that experienced recently in Helena-West Helena.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Legislators weigh in on broken water system in Helena-West Helena
Sen. Linda Chesterfield (D-Little Rock) was the only lawmaker on Friday to suggest the state should step in and help Helena-West Helena find a permanent solution to the water problems.
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Helena-West Helena expected to be without water for weeks, failing wells a major problem
Thousands of people are without water in Helena-West Helena in Phillips County (again). The long-term solution is an estimated multimillion-dollar project to fix the city’s water infrastructure.
Posted inRock Candy
Jumbo waterslide event Slide the City coming to LR, Fayetteville
Slide the City, a traveling water carnival that sets up events in which they unfurl a 1,000-foot-long, padded, dual-lane, side-bumpered mega-version of the old Slip’N Slide down the middle of a city street, is coming to Little Rock and Fayetteville soon. So says their website, anyway. No word yet on a date, but pages for both cities are currently open for pre-registration.