>>Some of us live downstream from major (liberal, Democrat ruled) cities. I live 120 miles south of Minneapolis/St Paul. The Mississippi River can get quite nasty down here after a big rain or during the heat of the summer.
That has little to do with the politics of the city administration. It has more to do with the overfertilization of the most useless crop in the world: lawns.
>>Meanwhile, small farm manure spills are big news in the local paper while the Democrat polluted Mississippi is ignored.
You’re right about that. A manure spill gets treated like a global catastrophe but the continuous introduction of yard chemicals into the rivers is ignored.
I disagree.
Much of the pollution from Minneapolis/St Paul is from interconnected rain water and sewage systems. During big rains the sewage plants are overwhelmed by rain water in sewage pipes. They end up dumping raw sewage into the Mississippi.
I would also add that the water in the river near the Downtown St Paul Airport has been known to catch on fire, although it has been a while since that has happened.