Praise for simplicity, concern about brevity greet new format for South Dakota water quality report

By: Joshua Haiar

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: May 17, 2026

Words: 800

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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South Dakota’s environmental regulatory department has changed how it publicly presents its report on the quality of the state’s rivers, lakes and streams, leading to praise for the simplified presentation but concern about the reduced amount of information made available.

Instead of publishing the 2026 Surface Water Quality Assessment as a 200-plus-page document, as it has in the past, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources is directing the public to a

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