Private donors have paid $934,000 of the nearly $1.1 million legal tab racked up by three northern Iowa counties being sued by Des Moines Water Works over high nitrate levels — but county officials won't identify all of them.

 

Lawyers for Sac, Buena Vista and Calhoun counties, responding to records requests from The Des Moines Register, released heavily redacted checks, billing statements and other documents to keep private the names of those who have paid nearly 90 percent of the counties' legal fees so far.

 

The escalating monthly bills pay the legal fees for local, Des Moines and, until recently, Washington attorneys representing the counties in the potentially landmark case.

 

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