DNR settles suit by agreeing to move toward lake pollution limit

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Runoff from farms is the main source of phosphorus pollution in a growing number of Wisconsin lakes that are listed as “impaired” by the unnatural weed and algae growth the nutrient causes.

Controlling farm runoff has become a major problem in a state that prides itself both in its powerful agriculture industryand its sparkling lakes and streams.