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Missouri Department of Conservation
Good water quality will continue to be important to all Missourians. It is also essential to the health of the state's plants and animals. Threats to our stream and river habitats include uncontrolled storm water runoff, chemical pollution, water depletion and soil erosion (which alters stream channels, scours away stream banks and covers underwater habitat with sediment). Because stream problems often begin “uphill,” maintaining or improving the health of any stream or river requires cooperation among all those who live or work within its watershed.
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