Jess Piper and Chris Jones: Clean Water and Rural Decline

Written By Kate Robinson

On August 7, 2024, Jess Piper and DWD president, Chris Jones, drew in a crowd of 125+ clean water advocates to Big Grove in Iowa City, IA

Thank you to our student interns (from left to right) Nina Marquardt, Noah Gaber, & Mark Prihoda for tabling at the Big Grove event.

Chris Jones speaks on the declining water quality in Iowa and the negative effect it has on rural communities. Jess Piper discusses the overall decline of rural communities. Both Jones and Piper place emphasis on the need for diversity, preservation, and community in order to get back to not only clean water, but also a clean future.

If you missed the event, you can listen to the podcast below where Jones and Piper touch similar topics discussed at the meeting.

Note that this is NOT a recording from the event, but covers similar topics discussed at the event

Kate Robinson

Kate Robinson started law school at the Univeristy of Iowa in 2023, while out of class, she works with attorney James Larew in his Iowa City, IA office as a paralegal and manages the social media for the DWD.

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