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June 29, 2022Des Moines, Iowa |  By: Tyrell Childress

'Operation Dry Water' targeting drunk boaters

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DES MOINES, Iowa - An operation will be underway this upcoming weekend in Iowa. Operation Dry Water starts July 2 with local law enforcement agencies focus on enforcing Iowa's boating laws.

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Susan Stocker, boating law administrator and education coordinator for the Iowa DNR, urges boaters to wait until they are on land before consuming alcohol.

One-third of all boating fatalities nationally involved alcohol. Many of those victims were innocent bystanders.