Time for Farmers to Help Clean Up the Mississippi?

Above: Minneapolis Riverfront 1973

From MinnPost:

The Mississippi River is cleaner today than it was just 40 years ago. Not coincidentally, it was 40 years ago this year that the Clean Water Act was passed and signed into law. Everyone in the land became liable for his or her own pollution — everyone, except farmers.

The lion's share of the work to clean up the Mississippi, and all rivers across the country, fell on industrial polluters and cities. Governments fined polluting industries, and cities spent millions in storm water and sewer facilities. The taxpayer, in one way or another, footed much of the bill.

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Below: Minneapolis Riverfront 1973 Slideshow