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O'neill, O'neill City, Holt County, Nebraska
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Nebraska health department notifies seven Missouri River cities (Niobrara, South Sioux City, Dakota Cty., Omaha, Bellevue, Plattsmouth, Nebraska City) to halt untreated sewage and waste dumping, based on 1950 contamination study; plans broader enforcement.
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Niobrara Guilty of Pollution
By MELVIN PAUL
The Frontier's Statehouse Correspondent
LINCOLN- The state health department this week continued action in an area which ultimately could affect many Nebraska cities and state pollution.
Seven cities along the Missouri river were formally notified they must stop dumping untreated sewage and industrial wastes into that river. Notification came in a letter from Dr. E. A. Rogers, acting director of the department.
The letters went to Niobrara, South Sioux City, Dakota Cty., Omaha, Bellevue, Plattsmouth and Nebraska City. Actually, it was no surprise as city councils of the seven river towns had been told six weeks ago that the health department wanted to talk the matter over with them.
Dr. Rogers wrote that a study in 1950 showed clearly that the Missouri river bordering our state is contaminated beyond all accepted standards for water serving as a supply for daily purpose.
Later the department plans to widen its efforts to include towns which dump sewage into creeks leading directly into the Missouri.
All of this is part of an "up-stream pull-up" by the department to clean up the streams of Nebraska.
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seven cities notified to stop dumping untreated sewage and industrial wastes into the missouri river; plans to widen efforts to towns dumping into creeks leading to the missouri
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The state health department continued action by formally notifying seven cities along the Missouri River—Niobrara, South Sioux City, Dakota Cty., Omaha, Bellevue, Plattsmouth, and Nebraska City—to stop dumping untreated sewage and industrial wastes. This followed informal talks six weeks prior and was based on a 1950 study showing contamination beyond accepted standards. Part of an 'up-stream pull-up' to clean up Nebraska streams.