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Note: an unnamed colleague assisted with this piece. "We benefit by recognizing that, if we're going to change society, we cannot depend on the people in power." HistorianHoward Zinn, 1922-2010If you are one of the 600,000 Iowans that regularly drank water supplied by Des Moines Water Works in 2024, that water contained more than 3 mg/L nitrate-nitrogen on 202 of 366 days. More than 5 mg/L? 119 days. More than 8 mg/L? 32 days. More than 10 mg/L? 1 day.