Seven of 31 businesses and municipalities with permits to discharge into Spring River in Southwest Missouri did not meet state requirements during a recent round of inspections.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources plans to continue stepped-up inspections through the end of October.
According to DNR, 68 business, large agricultural operations and municipalities in Jasper, Lawrence and Barton counties have permits to discharge into the river or its tributaries. Samples of treated wastewater also are being taken from some of those sites.
What the agency is calling its “Spring River Initiative” began in June and, as of Sept. 10, seven letters of warning had been sent by the agency requiring corrective action by the permit holder.
A letter of warning is the agency’s least aggressive formal enforcement action, he said, but failure to follow up can lead to a more severe notice of violation and could even result in a case being turned over to the Missouri Attorney General’s office.
The Spring River originates near the Barry County line and flows through Lawrence and Jasper Counties before entering Kansas and then flowing into Oklahoma, where it joins the Neosho River to form Grand Lake.
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