"Iowa Golf Community Faces Excessive Pollution, DNR Reports"

A residential area near the Hampton Country Club in north central Iowa has been discharging excessive ammonia and bacteria into Otter Creek, violating state limits 23 times since 2021. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has ordered the Terrace Hill Sanitary Sewer District to upgrade its wastewater treatment system by May 2028, after failing to meet new contaminant limits. The DNR also fined the district $2,500.