runoff from three northern iowa wage raonic districts but in january, iowa , senate majority leader mike gronstal said he thinks the lawsuit against buena vista, sac and calhoun counties will be dropped, if the legislature passes a significant package funding water quality. as you see it, is this the responsibility of the legislature and the taxpayers or are the people who are polluting bill: ultimately, our issue is agricultural accountability for the pollutants they are putting into the water. any other business in the state that takes a pipe from their business and runs into the waters of the state are responsible for the pollutants. we think agriculture should be similarly a responsible for what they are putting into the waters of the state. when we go from accountability and who is to pay, there is a construct of federal dollars or state dollars that may subsidize that, that becomes a policy issue. we are interested in stopping pollution at its source. we think agriculture should be accountable and ultimately what we are looking for here is a greater appreciation in iowa of conservation and